2 Things You Need to Understand to Stop Being Lazy - Willpower by Roy Baumeister

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[@Brock_CO]

Im so lazy I skipped right to the comments to see if someone summed up the video for me.

[@hippityhoppity9563]

It's just that it's faster to read somebody commenting about the main points of the video than watching it instead

[@dharminkakkad568]

You saved your willpower on that but then you wasted it by commenting about it.

[@videakias3000]

if you want a summary then pause the video at the moment 2:01

[@donaldfoote2801]

Wish I could have liked it twice!

[@Lellena94]

Tl; dr. Do shit you most need in life first. By 14:00 or 2pm you will no longer have wilpower left. Also, all decisions suck you like a vampire. Important shit in the morning. Joy in the afternoon. Drugs in the evening.

[@insertyourfeelingshere8106]

Pracrastonating watching a video about procrastinating

[@colonelburton8451]

You're right. Same here. Not anymore! I'm gonna go out there and catch some damn Pokémon!!

[@beanspeaker1346]

Procrastinating on procrastinating

[@badeugenecops4741]

No shit, I saved it for later.

[@beanspeaker1346]

Wow I watched this four day ago????? No way

[@vrushank]

Same

[@power13]

"I'm not lazy, I'm just saving my willpower for something else later today"

[@techintro8281]

@Mimi watch favourite games, movies... other than socail medai

[@techintro8281]

@Mimi i have also same habit but moslty i play musical intrument. learing music and some instrumental songs are kinda challenging. But it perfect thing for utilizing my time

[@8koi245]

Such a mood

[@leonchess2779]

@Mimi Learning how to understand jokes

[@bommtatak]

@@techintro8281 I know it’s a typo, but “Socail medai” made me laugh so hard😂😂

[@frankkevy]

Every morning I start by watching KZbin videos that teach me how to not watch them every morning

[@shizerdoodles]

yes

[@tysonhess5211]

Love it. This made me laugh

[@simplyaizhan]

Hahaha story of my life!!

[@SMJSelena]

Hahaha sounds familiar 😅

[@neiyohme]

this made me laugh so hard LMAOO

[@AaronDoughty44]

What's helped most is becoming aware of my thoughts and choosing thoughts that feel better. Where I put my attention has an effect on how much energy I have. Meditation for me has made a huge impact on how much focus and willpower I have. Great video and Much Love!

[@ashleyhunter2156]

Aaron Doughty funny seeing you here

[@alasticastar5589]

Omy aaron doughty loll

[@ultimatom9834]

how much do you meditate per day ?

[@o.602]

Weird seeing you here lol

[@ultimatom9834]

except meditation, whats the best advice to be able to study and concentrate ? Im addicted to food and screens

[@44theshadow49]

It ain't lazy when you're depressed. You're just depressed

[@queenthoria7483]

And then you get imposter syndrome about your depression and convince yourself you're just lazy 🙃

[@44theshadow49]

@@queenthoria7483 oh yeah. Thats the best part

[@ayanoitami7163]

@@queenthoria7483 :"

[@jessatlife]

Tbh the tone in this video is judgmental and somewhat entitled. But don’t let the labels get to you. You know they don’t apply to you. Energy and time management still help a depressed person, though. It’s just the tone with which the information is presented.

[@lilivonshtup3808]

@@queenthoria7483 That's why depression is so debilitating. The depression definitely exists, but since sometimes there's no black and white cause and you can't "snap out of it" as some think, you judge yourself too harshly and it keeps you from getting better.

[@King_Hydra88]

"You have to realize that every unimportant thing you do depletes your willpower that you could use to the one important thing that you most want in your life" If it was smaller I would have tattooed it already

[@tommytorres8276]

"Don't sweat the small stuff"

[@andreajudithd6876]

@@tommytorres8276 yea I like it

[@dinofreak10]

Everything is a quote nowadays lol

[@fawzee_em]

"Unimportant things deplete willpower to achieve more"

[@andrewvelonis5940]

Or, as this narrator would say: "unimpordunt"

[@saythetruth1396]

Procrastination is actually the result of fear of failure, we hesitate to take a step towards our goal or whatever we want to do because we think what if I fail? What if I don't succeed in whatever I want to do? What if I make mistakes and do it wrong? You know what? By just doing it, whether you do it right or wrong, you make a step towards your goal because every failure is a teacher and it teaches you how to get better so never be afraid of failure but accept them and think of them as your teacher!

[@agaragar21]

Nonsense, in evolutionary terms it makes sense to only work and expend energy when absolute necessary for survival, so food gathering and hunting, fighting your enemies and grabbing Pussy (reproducing) !......see Donald J Trump The rewards for a course of action have to be IMMEDIATE if you are born with brain damage! (And its these damaged humans that can't understand the consequences of future actions, and discount all future events to have zero value....that's how a brain damaged person could push the nuclear button, without concern and kill the world)....Nothing to do with fear of Failure.....its energy conservation in the face of mild brain damage, you focus on Immediate STRONG REWARDS!......thats why some Humans are so easily addicted to things See Barack Obama taking action on the economy while his opponent was confused and dawdled (McCain)in the 2008 election campaign Your confusing Good Executive Functions and COMPETENCY that comes with good thinking abilities for something not pertannant and what is basically psychological nonsense.....see Marshmallow Test ! An example in your own life is that you always lose arguments to people with less brain damage, you lose because you can' even keep the arguments in "MIND", an example of a executive function.

[@liliesofthefield5310]

YES👍, this is my biggest problem don't listen to that other person who commented, they're clearly a know it all

[@suburbaneverest9838]

@@liliesofthefield5310 I don't know wtf is he talking about😂

[@IStMl]

There are several types of procrastination

[@brendalg4]

I don't have a fear of failure and I procrastinate

[@kristianmarinov8851]

Hey people, psychology student here- This video is based on ego depletion theory, which has been debunked, making the video a lot less useful than it seems for a lot of people unfortunately. I mean some of the things are accurate, but the implications of the scientific articles should be taken with a lot of grains of salt.

[@dmitrishebalev4945]

thanks for that. it started seeming like a lot of bul when i tried to compare myself to my colleagues. i find that the more active i am overall, the more energy i got to do all the things. as contrary to focusing on specific tasks only.

[@foldingwishes]

Was looking for this comment, thanks for letting everyone know

[@carolinewiegand8884]

Just a quick question: are you wearing clean socks?

[@yourbarista4154]

@@dmitrishebalev4945 good point there.

[@arpitkumar4525]

Yes, I understand. I kind of experienced this a lot but it's hard for me to put into words. It works but it's not exactly how the video says.

[@yexumaelf]

How to Stop Being Lazy Step 1: stop wasting your time watching random youtube videos GOAL ACHIEVED!

[@queenthoria7483]

Step 2: don't be depressed

[@yexumaelf]

@@queenthoria7483 Indeed depression can be crippling. I dealt with it for 10 years. Are you ok?

[@HouseFromSmartCity]

Step 3: get into God Mode kzbin.info/www/bejne/n56wkJSZfbKXZtk

[@Midori22222]

@@queenthoria7483 ok, i'm not anymore 🙂

[@sumkindacheeto]

step 4) get information from thumbnail. "I solve puzzles faster if i eat beets." step 5) cover myself in oil.

[@andreig7401]

Bottom Line: Do the thing you want to achieve most first.

[@SamBrickell]

@maroxa It's not your own life if you don't get to decide what to do with your time... If it's not your life, who are you living your life for?

[@brittaburmester6614]

„Focus on what is important to you“ is a very good advice. Whether or not the picture of a willpower battery is scientifically accurate does not even matter. It is fact, that time and energy are limited so you have to actively decide, when to do what, instead of letting yourself get distracted and drawn away like a child. It is part of growing up. Letting go of that control for a day or two in your holidays may be very relaxing. But you have to go back to control afterwards. If you spend the whole holidays without focus, they will feel shorter and less inspiring.

[@FightMediocrity]

Hey, what's up guys! Sorry I haven't posted in a while... I've been exploring the topic of mindfulness and have honestly had very little interest in other things. Anyway... I had talked to Roy a few months ago and he was interested in doing this one together, but I just went ahead and did this the old school FightMediocrity way. Get the book: amzn.to/1SoX7FU

[@AdamMc192]

+FightMediocrity Decision fatigue is very real

[@megacobrax]

That sounds interesting, perhaps make a video on your findings?

[@davidsanchezsoles]

+FightMediocrity great to see you back

[@gjlj7861]

+FightMediocrity This is your best one yet! Fantastic job!

[@madhusaivemulamada4577]

hey, I have been watching your videos from last 3 weeks and everything was amazing. I personally appreciate and thank you so much for doing a unselfish job.And if you don't mine can you post some video on the topic of laziness

[@keisha.dechaca]

This is relatable. I used to write down my long list of tasks for the week along with my personal due dates forcing myself to finish that in a day, then emd up extending and delaying more because i get too tired to even start the remaining tasks. So now i schedule 1-2 prioritized tasks well in the day then sleep good at night then continue the work frst thing in the morning the nxt day. Its a slow progress but it is still progress. Its about takings things slow and doing them well until its due. You get good rest and u get great results. It works differently to everybody. Im just sharing what worked for me. Hope u find that system that works for you. Have a great day if u read this far🍀

[@theMixElite]

Ok god, thanks I can eat the cookie to be more productive, and not lose my willpower to try to not eat the cookie. *EDIT* : Instructions unclear, I'm just fat now

[@FatihErdemKzlkaya]

I didn't expect to see you here. Great channel!

[@benbensen6166]

hahahah made my day!

[@hieugao4695]

@@FatihErdemKzlkaya Right, best channel ever, FL Studio should hire him

[@amgedalmogahed8438]

Eating thing full of protein can do the jop instead suger, read Willpower book you will understand everything 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@marcusgorfer386]

your comment is unedited

[@DannX68]

I just knew the food would be brought up. I would die if I didn't cook myself. I LOVE it, it's relaxing, and I love to experiment with food. I eat junk maybe once a month, but it never tastes as good as anything I can do myself. Also, I find that the more I do - be it cleaning, being creative ot whatever - I get MORE willpower and energy to do more stuff.

[@clairetomes617]

I’ll sum up for everyone: wear dirty socks

[@junkjunk2493]

ok funny guy ...

[@villamiles]

Eww hahaha

[@timmontagjr.3171]

😂

[@gillianbergh7002]

I don't get why they have to spend '2 hours in the laundry room' just because they change their socks. It doesn't take 2 hours to wash a pair of socks! Also if they have a load of laundry, they could read while the washing machine is on.

[@howardjoven22]

Hi Claire! 😊

[@soundmind383]

If u read the book the "The Power of Habit" it explains how this theory has been proven wrong and how the wealthiest people in the know to control willpower to work for them.

[@PolishBehemoth]

sooo... did you ever think to explain how it is wrong??

[@Napsteron64]

@@PolishBehemoth Na, he is too busy being successful

[@thecannonman7712]

Isn't that the whole point of the video though? To realize you have finite willpower and control it to be the most productive you can in a day?

[@enlightened7master]

@@PolishBehemoth Someone posted a comment four days before you posted that one to explain that.

[@krakatauer1464]

@@PolishBehemoth its about energy. The video says, that you have limited willpower, which is shown by people showing less willpower if they already did difficult tasks before. When in actuality the experiments didnt took into account, that the person rating the cookies simply had higher bloodsugar and therefore more energy from the cookies.

[@zephenson]

This is why it's not a good idea to bother fighting against doing something. Instead just go and do something else immediately. Don't waste your will power on holding yourself back whenever you could use it to push yourself forwards in a different direction.

[@timcarrel2037]

Psychology Student here: The theory of willpower as a depletable resouce has been discredited long ago...

[@ogionify]

maybe it´s just energy levels then?

[@stevegaming6187]

by who?

[@panzerkampfyoutubekommenta4947]

yep

[@user-fm7en9vt8q]

more details please ❤️

[@jubeikibagamai5323]

I didn't believe this bullshit video for a second...

[@efe3881]

Omg! This is sooo accurate! I spend my mornings doing trivial stuff and in the afternoons/evening I'm completely unmotivated to do my creative work

[@chinesetime8899]

yes, that is true

[@sheenphoto]

Now that you've highlighted this, it makes perfect sense ... and will help alleviate the undue pressure I put on myself when I can't get "it all" done! A true AHA moment for me. Thanks so much!

[@ahmedzenati2537]

So much gratitude and respect, i'm diagnosed now. I've wasted so much time procrastinating. I literally spend hours preparing my meals, wasting my creative time and energy.

[@mariolongtin8271]

I watched this 5 years ago, and came across it today when I needed it! I love it. Thank you!

[@NancyParadis]

I love the idea that Every task takes willpower and to choose wisely, and decide which order is the smartest. Brilliant!

[@cristianromero839]

you have helped change my life , I wasn't much of a reader now I am not only that I'm way more positive , happy and live a healthy relationship , thank you !!

[@FightMediocrity]

+Cristian Romero That's so awesome. Made me super happy to read that. Congrats brother.

[@Eni1000G]

+FightMediocrity I've been reading a lot of books lately on how to become successful.Books related with investing,buissnes,finance and the power of the mind.But everything I read is mostly related to the AMERICAN DREAM. I am not american and i would like to achive whealth in my country,yet there doesn't seem to be much tips or advice related to my position.Can you give any advice or reccomend any books to help me with the problem? The society pressure here is about 500 times more than it is in western countries.You have too much freedom and possibilities which my country lacks. THANK you in advance!

[@FitnessbodysupplementenNll]

+TheMysteriousFella I recommend the power of habit, it tells you a lot about how the mind works and how people decide. It really gives you some inside information of how the brain works and how you can create new habit's to get wealthy. it's realy different from most of the other books but very powerful if you understand it. On the site of Tai lopez www.tailopez.com/books you can find his book list. There are a lot of good books on that list man, i believe these books can really bring you to the next level. p.s. I'am also not a American

[@Eni1000G]

Fitness Body Will do.Thank you bro.Appreciate your help.

[@StoryShotsApp]

You're not alone.

[@TheArtisticBiker]

This is a lot like the Spoon Theory that Lupus sufferers go back to. You only have so many chunks of mental/physical energy and everything you do uses one of them up.

[@martiwalsh2069]

Explains why we value routines...wear uniforms, park in the same spot, etc.

[@zee9000_]

0:00 to 0:03 - the scratch sounds destroyed part of my soul. -Good video!

[@AFilmaciones]

In the 90's I saw a little documentary about the artists Gilbert and George. They showed their house and studio and in a storeroom there were a huge amount of food cans and miscellaneous supplies. Like pallets of stuff, cereal, soap, etc. All in large size. They simply said: "We buy everything we can in bulk so we don't waste time at the store and can dedicate as much time as we can in creating ".

[@lablababla]

6 years! Why does it feel so nostalgic to watch videos which has been around for a long time...🥺

[@johnratican3824]

THANK YOU! I now do not feel guilty about working hard all day and just wanting to relax when I get home. Good points.

[@arckocsog253]

It’s just the other way around for me. I’m more effective in the evening or even during the early night

[@Itsmeagain828]

Me too. I work nights and like to lounge and check KZbin for the first hour of my morning and I still have a successful day and evening. This is BS.

[@leoncharles1431]

maybe because u wake up late laterally and mentally

[@jarlfenrir]

Same thing for me. I don't feel like I'm depleting my willpower, but rather charging it throughout the day.

[@bricolq8870]

same here!

[@orangeaceproductions]

Same. Apparently, all the psychology stuff this video is based on was recently debunked.

[@gama9980]

I absolutely disagree with this video. The less I do, the less I feel like doing stuff. If we are bringing pseudo science in the debate I'd rather stick with two concepts 1) momentum and 2) hard work. The concept of this video can only be true assuming you also can majorly expand your "willpower storage" and that is done by pushing when there's no more will power left. And then the body adjusts. That's how it works for me.

[@eppystein2953]

Agreed

[@aks9545]

Absolutely

[@ScottyT47]

Yup, I'm with you on this one. On days I don't do much at all, I am so tired and lazy but when I'm out and about getting shit done I have more will to keep accomplishing my tasks! Kind of like that famous Navy Seal speech "If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed every morning". All about how once you accomplish one thing, you are more likely to take on the next task!

[@TheHouseOffice]

He is not saying to do less. He says to do the important things first and not wasting your decision making on unimportant things to save the important things for last.

[@ScottyT47]

@@TheHouseOffice but sometimes, especially for me, making those small decisions/tasks help me do the bigger ones too! Kinda like a lead up instead of jumping right into a big task

[@DudeOfTheWeek]

I finally watched this and am so grateful for it. If you take away anything from this video: you have a finite amount of willpower, so start with the heavy, important tasks first, before doing anything else.

[@berat.74]

It hurts my heart that this video is facing me those truths in such a merciless way

[@khusseinkhomeini]

The Green Lantern Corps is gonna be pissed when they hear about this...

[@danurkresnamurti3598]

it is a good news for sinestro corp.

[@GarrettMoffitt]

Taking that into account would actually make them more interesting. OTOH, maybe not having this is there superpower.

[@paullemus3630]

Perhaps willpower is about neural resources spent on making new connections. Once you build a habit, you've successfully established an efficient route of neural processing for a particular problem.

[@Twitchyii]

Actually really insightful and probably quite true.

[@ineedvyvanse3493]

Me: hm, I should try this! My ADHD: yes! Let’s give it a go.. but wait let’s distract ourselves with something else and forget this video ever existed.

[@martelraykin]

Good thing I found on an ADHD self-help manual is putting an alarm to ring every hour and if you realize you're doing nothing or something unproductive, you just switch activities altogether. Like you're on your computer, you realize you've been scrolling mindelessly for one hour, you turn off your computer and listen to some music or whatever. It takes effort but it can work, with time it gets wired into your brain. You can even just switch activity every hour to put a time limite and pressure your brain into thinking it's urgent. That can trigger hyperfocus.

[@michaeldavid2999]

Lmfao I made myself

[@kidatanakafan]

bruh my mom literally tells me to do my homework in the morning lmao shes a legend

[@expeditiontofreedom5840]

The great Thing about Willpower is, that you need it only as long as the the habit kicks in. At this point you can move this thing later the day. Thats my Experience, especially for working out or preparing meals. BTW, its great to have you back! :)

[@expeditiontofreedom5840]

I would`t say no willpower, but it takes muuuuch less effort.

[@maxcohen13]

+Martin Brombeis - Animierte Buchzusammenfassungen Agreed. I'm a huge proponent of making sure the things that one _needs_ to do is the same as what they _want_ to do. If one doesn't have that life they should be making a conscious effort to make their lives that way. Then it's just a matter of creating a habit pattern in order to feel the accomplishment at the end of the day, which is a high like no other.

[@expeditiontofreedom5840]

You`re Welcome

[@gaeldawson3311]

+Martin Brombeis - Animierte Buchzusammenfassungen Completely agree. For myself, I noticed it takes roughly three months for something to become completely automatic and a new habit to be ingrained to the point it would feel weird "not doing". After, 1-2 weeks the initial need for a deliberate mental effort fades away and it just becomes something I have to remind myself of doing for another 5-6 weeks before full automatism. Have you noticed a similar/different time frame?

[@RA-IL]

I read something similar to what you said in a book called The power of habit by Charles Duhigg

[@eleanorekman]

Thank you for this! Will start tomorrow with a whole new comprehension of my schedule :)

[@kiraflash4596]

This is so true! I’m a perfectionist at work, but so messy and lazy at home..😩

[@AkshayBhaskar007]

Its scary how YT recommended this video when I needed to watch it now more than ever! :D

[@kdawson8981]

I’m a single mom, working and in RN school. Since I threw in nursing school in my already full crazy schedule I have lost all motivation to workout. This video makes sense to why I can’t find the motivation, my dedication has been taken by nursing school.

[@leoncharles1431]

“We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

[@elizarock655]

Or the million things you have to do to keep small humans alive and happy before you even get started on work and studying.

[@alec2627]

This was actually really helpful! I never understood why I outta plan my day in the evenings when I'm not any kind of businessman and shit and don't have much planning going on...now I see why :)

[@bernicemburu5990]

This video popped up just when I needed it. Thank you.

[@cognitivemomentum9033]

Good stuff, I never realized that this was the case but now that I look back on it, I see how useful this concept is. So much so I am going to change my morning routine.

[@OnePercentBetter]

Thank you for the upload! All the best on looking into mindfulness, if you have any book recommendations on that I'd love to hear :)

[@ScienceOfSuccess1]

+OnePercentBetter Nice channel you have ;)

[@HouseFromSmartCity]

‘High performance habits’ is an excellent book on the subject. Get into God Mode while you’re at it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n56wkJSZfbKXZtk

[@anthonynebel]

Awesome illustrations! I thought it was an interesting idea with the experiment with socks and homework but knowing which mindset to adapt will determine if your willpower weakens or not.

[@loubnaelfakir8412]

Now I see why I'm being lazy when it comes to doing important tasks ! Thank u so much for this video.. I'm gonne start saving my willpower

[@j.morris1578]

I related to and understood everything in this video. This feels like it was made to help myself finally reach and accomplish my goals.....Thankyou for this!

[@edd.mtz.b9]

I'm literally watching this while laying down on my bed procrastinating deciding my whole future

[@Piupauwow]

Fight mediocrity! “Friends should never let their friends fall into mediocrity and comfort zone, we need to motivate eachother, be adventurous more and enegretical. - But sometimes we need to calm down our friends to be happy in long perspectives. And know that most of the people wish only that someone, at least once, just listens them over.”

[@raininess]

Sounds about right. I've noticed I'm more productive at work in the morning and it's easier to concentrate, so most of the time I'll try to do the most difficult stuff then.

[@carlsolo515]

Learned something new today. Willpower is finite. Thanks.

[@francdugas]

Great video! It is similar to a concept: decision fatigue. The book : "the organized mind " is very interesting on this topic

[@thecodingmentor7701]

Instead of starting to work in the morning, I depleted my willpower by watching this video

[@slsthewriter1299]

My ADHD looked at this video and went, "Oh you have so much willpower, but Imma just yeet it no matter what you do. Lol." I don't think this applies to everyone if it does anyone at all.

[@Dietxcokex00]

I mean I've been diagnosed with asd but I felt this 😭 Like I want to get so much done but then my brain can't focus on the same activity for longer than 3 seconds and if I have to multitask I can barely get anything done because having to drag my Brains attention from one thing to the other is too overwhelming

[@MsBlonde0000]

Get prescribed stimulants if you can. Changed my life.

[@AllDaGoodUsernamesWereTaken]

Imma be honest Im kinda comfused with the video and Im neurotypical. I've made lists and routines I just cant stick to em. Ive set alarms and things to do right in the morning to get my day started and stable, now I kinda feel like retracting the thumbs up

[@slsthewriter1299]

@@AllDaGoodUsernamesWereTaken Yup yup. Me too. I've found that I work really well with color-coding, though, with the lists and stuff, if that's helpful for you. I'll highlight things in a planner that are due the day of versus stuff I just want to get done. Biggest thing is to not beat yourself up for not being able to do all the things you want to do, however you do things. But yeah. The video's fine when it's helpful for the people who it helps, but other than that…eh. xD

[@kyratabeth]

i feel you dude

[@tytruong6549]

I learned a new thing today. Willpower. Thanks for the video.

[@ideasforlifelonglearning]

Welcome back! Great video as usual!

[@Alphfirm]

Old school style - Woohoo! :D Great video, thank you!

[@joselynflores3553]

This genuinely got me out of bed just now, thank you. Off to the coffee shop I go to study towards my career. Thank you again

[@ruozhienchan1331]

"2 things you need to understand to stop being lazy." Puts it in watch later

[@VictoriaBLK]

This is interesting, I'm going to try this starting tomorrow.

[@Athanatoi]

Coffee has been proven to increased my willpower.

[@RamirArcega24]

Thank you so much. I will use this information to my advantage.

[@danieldickerson7350]

I like this video. Thank you for this. As simple as it sounds, it actually gives a lot of clarity to people who are overwhelmed with daily tasks to get done and still find time for doing the things that will improve their future.

[@AndreyUrman]

I'll sum up another video i've seen related to this topic: Our brain is divided into two basic parts, the feeling brain and the logical brain. Imagine that each part has a "willpower bar", and depletes as you take on different tasks or decisions. The Logical part has a finite bar which depletes over time. The Feeling part has an infinite bar that is fueled by the release of dopamine and it's only limit is the desire to rest and sleep. That is why for example, a heavy gamer can play a game for 16 hours straight since the game is designed to withdraw constant releases of dopamine from the gamer's brain. whereas if he tries to study for a test, he is mentally exhausted after an hour or less. The key to maintaining willpower with your logical brain, is to somehow tie dopamine release to the task at hand. For example, if you're trying to stick to a workout routine, having an "end goal body" in mind is far from enough, It's really far ahead and it's hard to get dopamine released from imagining alone. You'd rather want to have a well thought out healthy routine/regime that involves daily Training/Eating/(Perhaps even healthy mind - meditation?) goals. Once you look back at your day and see that you've put a check mark on all of them, you'll get a feeling of accomplishment accompanied by a good feeling (Dopamine release), that should tie your dopamine release with your logical goal. This is just one of many ways to tie dopamine to your tasks. You could put on your favorite music/have a cup of coffee while taking on the task, or reward yourself with your favorite snack when done (You must not allow yourself these "luxuries" outside the boundaries of the task or else they lose their effect). If you have a gaming addiction but want to accomplish something particular, allow yourself only a certain amount of gameplay when you're done with the task. This requires self discipline, and you should use your desire to change and grow to fuel your self discipline (Have a session of reflection on your life, where you are, where you'll end up if you stay that way, and where you want to be in the future. You can either meditate on it or write it all down). Sooner or later, the positive results from you taking on the task will feel equal or even better than the feeling you get from your addiction, and might just replace it. You need something to look forward to which is related to the task. The ideal situation is to simply enjoy what you do, but since we're not all lucky to have that, we have to trick our primitive feeling part of the brain into doing what our Logical part knows is best for us. I urge anyone who is struggling with laziness/addiction to look up videos on the neuropsychology behind addiction, it'll give you a backstage look into the reason why we behave as we do and why a certain part of our brain basically controls our decisions.

[@Wonderland_Homestead]

Someone give this man a medal.

[@T-Rex977]

I used all me willpower to think what reward I should give myself. No way I will reward myself with 1 episode of drama or surfing on the internet. That takes too long and I will call it a day. Anyway, I go back to sleep.

[@utkarshkumar4]

I've been atending online classes seriously and somehow motivating myself to cooperate with the lectures just to not self-study afterwards,because all that willpower to foucs on learning something every lecture depletes my energy.This video is really gong to help me now,to get my priorities straight.

[@survival_man7746]

Yeah, I totaly agree. Now I understand more why my will power decrease over the day, because I'm the kind of guy who tries to give his 100% all the time and somethimes I wandered why I lacked motivation. Now I will do my goals at the start of the day, then work, then hobbies instead of mixing everything randomly.

[@dinesh.p8642]

Thank you so much. I learnt a new thing and its completely relatable. THANKS.

[@happyglowup7736]

I love how he said we can automate some of our routine. Thats why I wear the same clothes, meal prep and eat the same food, and try to do things at the same time everyday

[@filhodarosa7512]

Work causes anxiety me. Hence, I procrastinate, in order to avoid the anxiety. How do I get rid of the anxiety that I feel when contemplating starting work?

[@leal8926]

I have a little anxiety sometimes, when I'm tired or when I have much to do. When it happens, I like to observe what I have to do. If it looks hard, long, if someone can help me or explain to me how to begin. Then I try to start with little things, simple ones. It usually boost my self confidence because I realise that I can do it. If I want to continue, I do, but if I don't want to, I take a little break. It can be as simple as opening a window or listening to music. After, I feel like I'm more happy and calm. It makes me want to finish that thing. I don't know if this can help you, maybe you already tried this. Don't worry, it will be okay. ❤️

[@you.tuber98]

This video makes me feel seen and I appreciate that. Thank you!

[@leonardoromero8]

Good overview about why it is important to put first things first.

[@shazz6263]

So anxiety takes most my willpower 🤭 explains why I can’t physically get anything done

[@martelraykin]

Best way I found against anxiety distraction is to plan your next day before going to bed. You seperate it in 2-3 hours sections and just write what you'll do at that point in time (I even write shower and meals + what meal i've going to cook), that way you have less things to stress about because you don't have to decide what to do next. Helps a lot.

[@danielengland3723]

@@martelraykin thank u

[@nochu9753]

@@martelraykin that wouldn't help my OCD (which is a type of anxiety)I would most likely end up writing the same letter for many minutes

[@1kulik]

Sounds like an excuse to me

[@martelraykin]

@@1kulik It's not, saying that is just like saying that someone not being able to walk because of a broken leg is using it as an excuse.

[@coyolftaghn5349]

Dealing with ADHD: don't change your socks and don't eat radishes. Thanks guys!

[@raininess]

As if we didn't already know that radishes are the root of all evil...

[@coyolftaghn5349]

@@raininess Come on, radishes are not that bad, think about fucking celery

[@isabeljoybigtas9394]

I'm so desperate right now that I literally watched the whole video and tried so hard to understand what they were trying to explain... Thank goodness for ONCE I actually understood something that's very helpful and useful to myself.

[@learncadadia7832]

This video speaks volumes FM! Thank you for making it!

[@dlwatib]

If you are having trouble doing something that you feel that you really should do, then reward yourself for doing it. If you need to exercise but can't find the time, then reward yourself with a treat afterwards. (Just try not to eat too many calories in the treat.)

[@maliaismail5297]

Now we know why the riches have driver, cook, nanny, and maid 😂 so their creative willpower wont get depleted first thing in the morning 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@elsagrace3893]

Absolutely! So money does buy creative expression and I suppose that brings happiness. What do you think?

[@elsagrace3893]

Absolutely! So money does buy creative expression and I suppose that brings happiness. What do you think?

[@debbienpeters]

Money buys things that can make you happier. Like, living closer to work, means shorter commute, less time in traffic, more time relaxing, doing something you enjoy, ect.

[@valentinenache1898]

Actually it's even simpler, when your bussiness/job etc makes you more money per hour than coocking/cleaning etc is worth to hire someone for lower to do that job. Simple economics. Also, while you have a diriver you can use your time better in the back of the car, phonecalls, emails etc. or unwind, also is safer on the backseat than front, and rich people care more about their safety/health. Is less about willpower and more about TIME, that they are buying.

[@archaic9525]

i have never noticed rich people to be that much creative (according to my definition of creativity, which involves imagination). They usually apply recipes for accumulating money. And 99.9% fortunes have a crime as their root. So the difference they make is in the quality their will-power have, which involves low-morale standard, not the quantity. The 0.1% remaining are a few successful artists and imaginative engineers. And there so we can find moral flaw, like in the Edison vsTelsa episode.

[@littlemiso144]

wow thank u for this video. lately i try to do a lot of things on the same day, i ended up missing my most important thing. i thought it was my time management which caused the pblm but it seems my mind is everywhere i cant concentrate on one thing

[@deepalisingh7780]

Thanks for posting.... It was very insightful!

[@davidorf1121]

Good video! My solution for the thinking about/preparing food in the morning would be intermittent fasting. You don't eat at all in the morning, therefore you save your willpower. Then, later in the day you can eat like a king when your willpower is low. Except from that, it has profound health benefits.

[@KulturalnyWilk]

One more thing - eating makes you lazier in following hours. Possibly affects willpower too, but I'm not sure if it drains it.

[@davidorf1121]

+FightMediocrity

[@EbongEka]

+David Tomic Thinking about your meals was merely one example out of many that derail people who are on a path. Intermittent fasts work, but not everyone will do it. More importantly, if someone (like Neil) has to focus his willpower of waking up and not eating, it could deplete the willpower you need to get important tasks done when you're at the most peak level. The bigger goal is to remove decision making that can easily replicated or is not as important as the work you seek to complete. More importantly, Baumeister also shows the energy used for the most basic tasks also depletes your willpower.....is deciding what to eat for breakfast as important as completing the 5th chapter of your book, or finishing one of my Funnels in ClickFunnels? The answer is a resounding NO....but it's something we (as people) never considered being related. It's now time to think about it especially if you want to accomplish anything!

[@davidorf1121]

***** don't know man, I haven't noticed this gratification problem at all. Maybe at first, but after a while my body adopted and I feel now that I can focus much better and that I'm more porductive.

[@elijahpayne8882]

I'm so lazy I literally procrastinated watching this video

[@joemasgrow1807]

1. We have finite amount of willpower and it gets depleted 2. Automate unimportant tasks 3. Do one thing well at a time

[@DancingTeapot]

Adding this to watch later, might watch it once I don't feel lazy

[@XxMobileWizXx]

I thought Willpower and Discipline can be trained and made stronger like a muscle.

[@carlterry8080]

5minutes and 9 seconds to just say: Prioritise your day correctly.. Jeeeesssshh this video went on !!!!

[@knightideasgamedev]

Thank you for the video!

[@xiamfinal571]

This video was in my „watch later playlist“ for 6 years

[@catthelazyone3366]

"so after successfully torturing them..."

[@MarcelKooiman83]

Wasting precious willpower on commenting, so i wil stop now ......

[@yeng1855]

Wasting will power on liking and replying... gotta get going.

[@XAE_A_Xii]

@@yeng1855 exactly, the video is great and deserves the like, but i will rather not deplete my willpower, so i won't click like. kidding, here is my like

[@lishayost144]

The two points are kind of an aha moment to me. Thank you. Tony Robbins once said that we often trade important things for urgent things. But if we start off our day with the things that are important to us first, we will eventually do the urgent things later in the day because we feel we have to because they're urgent. But if we do the urgent things first, we will put off the important things and not do them later in the day because they're not urgent.

[@mineminecrafft5833]

This was a really good video for me with asperger it helped allot I have been thinking in simular paths but I never understood this you said about will power. Seriously thanks!

[@brayanestrada8306]

Back in highschool I used to procrastinate all my long essays etc. I will write it the night before due date and bang 100% but when I did it ahead of due date bang 90% to 80%. School was boring for me, always used to go ahead of the class just because I was bored. Sitting down for all those hours is freaking hell.

[@_yordie]

So what changed from that days?

[@MarioTomicOfficial]

Your best video yet! Good to have you back man!

[@broganjosh4729]

You are a pick up artist, right?

[@msmaria5039]

I started picking out my outfit the night before and it helped.

[@sharrajab3504]

This makes sense! Thank you so much!