Jordan Peterson - Why it's so Hard to Sit Down and Study/Work

original source: • 2017 Personality 09: F...
Psychology Professor Dr. Jordan B. Peterson explains why you don't have full control over yourself.
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[@Neophage]

Asking "what's the point of life?" just to avoid doing homework... I felt that.

[@batfist6595]

@Maribor Forest whaaa...

[@ascalon8001]

There's the mistake, you should first ask yourself what's the point of life and really figure that out and from there you can find a deep and true motivation to do your homework. How about that?

[@thegoodlife5205]

haha definitely am doing this rn

[@Neophage]

@@ascalon8001 A great idea in concept, though it may take certain people years to figure out themselves. Personally, I'm fine, but I'll find a way to procrastinate regardless. Lol.

[@ascalon8001]

@@Neophage The first step isn't immediately figuring out what your passion in life is going to be, it's to establish a strong inner motivation to learn about the world and setting solid foundations for a good life, such as creating good habits, cultivating your curiosity and actively seeking out fields you might be even more passionate about than others.

[@catherinehubbard9929]

When you watch this video instead of studying

[@zeebobat]

Me right now

[@missdipika4203]

That's what I'm doing lol

[@chubbymike3372]

oof

[@sarahri3619]

Same 😭😭

[@melnykvladislav2859]

I always calm myself that i study English in that way(I'm not native), I've already done with game of thrones, friends and true detective instead prepare for my bloody exam

[@karsonmitchell7263]

imagine as being as lucky to have Jordan Peterson as your professor.

[@aeroplane3630]

Imagine as being as lucky to have Jordan Peterson as your father

[@veerswami7175]

@@aeroplane3630 imagine if your re the Peterson 😂😂😂

[@aeroplane3630]

@@veerswami7175 fair point. But man, I think his intelligence is just way beyond me and I'm afraid I can't take it 😂

[@sarthaksharma6907]

who is he ?

[@animesloversunited9069]

Imagine

[@dodoo8255]

Once i was trying to study for exam and suddenly a thought came in my mind " *i should go and wash dad's car* "

[@pokemonitishere202]

True 🤣😂🤣

[@cargogriefer8966]

Or better count the clouds

[@daniel_960_]

When I have nothing to do: No single thought comes to my mind. End up being bored and play ps or something. While I’m studying: 100 different ideas of cool and productive things I actually would like to do 🙄

[@MorgothBagluir]

Wow🤣

[@Mulmulmist]

I should clean my bedroom that's come in my mind

[@progodspeed2311]

“Anything you practice becomes a part of you”

[@nolovedivision3882]

Maybe

[@thewindgamer2607]

ProGodspeed95 “Excelence is a habit, not an act. Therefore you are what you constantly do” or something like that. I believe its a quote from aristotle but the point is i think is very true

[@rudrazala3239]

Best advice ever, it hit so damn hard I was like damn 🤯 it's true

[@eunhyepark7971]

Love this quote

[@steffenwinter1656]

From which person is this quote?

[@Ruben-GG]

Jordan Peterson is one of the few people that can deliver an existential lecture as an explanation for my procrastination.

[@servvo]

every megachurch pastor has 10x this power lmao

[@loam]

When he told about having "um's" and "you know's" in people's speech, I couldn't help but notice he almost doesn't have those himself. And I know that is hard. Cool guy.

[@kevinl5174]

He actually does say “you know” quite a bit at times

[@SteelandSouls]

It's mostly from the difference between one who wants to make the sound before the thought and one who wants to make the thiught before the sound

[@kreia187]

@@SteelandSouls It can happen in both directions. Either your words are faster than your thoughts, so you need the time to catch up and formulate, but don't want to really interrupt. Alternatively, if your thoughts are a lot faster than what you're saying (often for very smart people who also talk fast, but have learned not to talk too fast or nobody will understand them) you often find yourself thinking 2 steps ahead of what you're talking about and then have to go back to your original thoughts. So it's about speed of thought and speed of talking not syncing up very well, which tends to be the case if you don't have a lot of experience talking in front of people (so you don't pay too much attention to the sound of your words, as you don't do that usually when talking to friends)

[@voices4dayz469]

4:24 *drops mic* [sorry mike]

[@umadbroyo2388]

Synthetic but in his case, he isn’t filling empty space or buying time by saying that. He actually means to use it unlike most of us who are processing so we fill it my saying “u know” “like” “ummm”

[@jules47127]

When he said “it’s time for a cup of coffee” - it became time for a cup of coffee.

[@talhach1365]

😂😂

[@whoooshooo2247]

😂😂😂😂

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

Coolmentxd

[@fromthechocolatebuttamel9152]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Vicente480]

Lmao 😂

[@Maestro-sf6nr]

Watching lectures like this makes me realize just how bad most of my professors were. You can tell someone passionate vs someone just punching the clock for work

[@user-ym8kd9cs5f]

Fr

[@yoursubconscious]

agreed, sadly most don't realize what they have until later.

[@isidorocasanovas9300]

even get distracted while im watcing this

[@rustyhales1969]

That makes the two of us

[@gloriamaria7032]

I'm reading the coments

[@naveenantony7849]

Exactly 💯

[@tomboysquirrel]

Yeah

[@sakshisingh9161]

Same here

[@zsg0110]

I even got distracted by the comments, while watching this video.

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

Z.S. G. Same

[@CloudyDaze]

I got distracted by all the pretentious boomers in the comments talking down to everyone not sucking off Jordan Peterson.

[@inuken9561]

Same here!

[@iritesh]

@fynes leigh this changed my life

[@tropical9913]

@fynes leigh you could also say a lot of school stuff is uninteresting. Everything is simple.

[@phakaderose5154]

“you’re a mess” definitely agree with you there 🤝

[@danceworld3376]

Don't think that.its ok. Just don't make it ur habit and you already have it then try to remove it slowly one by one

[@Malakai9]

1. You are a mess. Solution: clean your room. 2. You are not in control of yourself. Solution: negotiate with yourself rather than being your own tyrant. 3. You are bored by the task at hand, and would rather be doing something else. Everything you would rather be doing becomes a distraction. Solution: perhaps try to make the task more enjoyable.

[@jpmap]

Thanks for summaring this up :) saved my data

[@SuperMapleaddict]

for the last one, I just make it so that the future consequences of not doing it is less enjoyable than the present of doing it now.

[@jacobharris5894]

Supermapleaddict I try to connect it to what my major is and tell myself why what I’m learning is important for both myself and the world around me. It works pretty well most of the time and actually makes the learning more enjoyable.

[@kaizadirani7253]

@@jacobharris5894 unless it's memorising dumb math formulas that practically have no application in life

[@Keiran19]

r/wowthanksimcuerd

[@rileycurtis6704]

A prof that can speak English without a thick accent, doesn't read off the slide word for word, has enthusiasm in his voice. Wow. What a blessing. I would pay to listen to him speak and you got people watching facebook..

[@novaz3246]

I can do that. Not even a native speaker

[@sdws17]

Something magical happens when you go back to college after taking a couple years off. It's like you see the value of learning what the professor is saying, you want to have skin in the game. But when you're 19 or 20 you're just there because you're going through the motions of what's after high school. That's not true of everyone, certainly. It just was for me.

[@jokerryt2503]

@@sdws17 same with middle school and high school

[@norkci8090]

@@sdws17 so true. I value learning more than ever now, but I wish I could've been this enthusiastic back in college

[@Bruh-ss7bd]

He sounds like Kermit

[@ninjaakakak1702]

That's it I have enough... Since Coronas lockdown happened in 2020, I stopped studying and went from an A student to a C student and in Year 9 it happened... I failed Grade 9 and quit my Sport (Taekwondo) after 5 Years. I stopped exercising and studying and skipped 80 % of School stayed at home jerking off, playing Video games, and watching social media, 15 Hours a Day. And to make matters worse the whole time I was wasting my moms hard earned money (Dad sadly passed away from a Stroke and we are very broke). My Mom always cried and screamed at me and hit me because of disappointment in school and only bringing Fs home. Then I started going out all the time and drinking and smoking. Every day I would eat chips drink Coca cola and sweets. Even though I was never overweight I was the opposite I’m still extremely underweight and need to build muscle. Every night and morning I would tell myself that I'm going to start now and learn now and stop with videogames and social media. And now I'm here, writing this comment in Secret because my mom thinks I'm doing Math, if I don't ace the exam in 1 Month, I would have to redo 9 Grade for a third time!!! I can't let this happen it would break me, so with this comment I’m starting, starting to change no more bullshit I will print it out and stick it to my wall and read it every morning. Today I cleaned my table and put all things in order I know it's now much but it's the beginning. This summer I will learn math and ace this exam and if you think “well what if you don’t “??? Well, that isn't an option I will and I'm starting today I will order my gym equipment and start working out. And in 3 Months I will start going to Taekwondo again. I will start reading Books again and watching movies in languages I’m learning. No more empty promises I PROMISE

[@sreehari5423]

updates?

[@nickghosh5380]

how have we been mate

[@babydinasour5601]

How are you?

[@nikhil4sharma]

Update

[@erfanmira9535]

so how are you doing brother? we wish you the best things!

[@trevanhatch8717]

Why is it so hard to sit down and work? Because your videos pop up on my desktop and distract me.

[@IWantMyCountryBack2]

Oh yeah!

[@rmcd823]

Trevan Hatch LOL!

[@sportsfreak441]

LITERALLY haha

[@chavruta2000]

Yeah thanks a lot, professor, geeze.

[@e.t.464]

You're setting yourself up to be distracted Mr. Hatch.

[@abdoabdo-lt1tm]

I have a severe condition of procrastination, each time I think I have learned next time I would do it again, it is like there is something pushing me away from the work before actually starting doing it!, however I end up doing it regretting my procrastinating promising myself to start early next time but yeah. Believe it or not I wrote 90% of my dissertation in 7 hours before the deadline

[@ACE-uy8wx]

Well, we suffer from it all , the only way out of it that I found was to change a single habit no matter small or big but preferebly small but you don't wanna burn all your willpower and the thing is actions have a domino effect. So by changing a small and singular habit you let yourself to do much greater things subconsciusly and without that much effort. You know what. We shouldn't say rome wasn't in a day, we should say it was built marble after marble. Much nicer . I wish that after a year from this, you have already conquered those bad habits. Peace

[@manishikaswami1927]

Did u do it?

[@alexandra.v]

Same in my case; avoiding the work a lot of time (because of attitude issues), struggling in the process of doing it, 100% regret afterwards, nevertheless the process is repeated every single time.

[@HappyMerchant]

Read a book called "Atomic Habits". Take notes while you read it.

[@subtlegentleman8115]

There comes the importance of making a routine/ to-do-list the night before. Keep your target low initially a target that can easily be achieved but complete it. Repeat this for few weeks then slowly increase the contents of your routine. Just like hitting the gym

[@wesfin]

The system of our behavior is governed unconsciously by the repeated practices that become apart of us. Feeling like going to the gym now is different than a year and a half ago when I had to motivate myself to do the work. Now it is not even a conscious process, it’s easy now because I don’t even think about it, I just do it; and it’s not overwhelming or distraction-prone because it’s familiar and routine. The key to enjoying hard work is to at first not enjoy it but force yourself to consistently do it until some results show (providing another source of inspiration/motivation to continue on) and it becomes familiar and routine, at which point you can become more creative in that work because it is no longer a “get-in get-out” but a part of you.

[@joshalexander7114]

Short term pain long term gain

[@abhisekpoddar1422]

I have recently turned my habit into studying from gaming and so many negetive thoughts and anxiety I have been facing since then. My brain is trying to resist to train it for studying constantly 😢

[@artistryartistry7239]

Wish this guy was my teacher.

[@xyhmo]

I wish he was my dad.

[@ExplosiveBrohoof]

He is your teacher. :)

[@aspects8645]

Eric T that’s your ego talking Eric T nothing he said here is bigoted but you !

[@aspects8645]

what does his bigoted-ness have to do with the validity of his points my good man? Nothing.

[@MsZsc]

What?

[@vigneshas7426]

I was going to study after this video, now thanks to this guy I want to make coffee instead

[@donati5290]

Hows your study going btw😅

[@misterfister7714]

If you wanted to study you would not be here

[@rick26rick95]

Had the exact sane thought 😂

[@russellbrown1181]

As soon as he mentioned going outside for a cigarette and making a coffee I did both 😂

[@yaserm3103]

Did u success the exams? lol

[@sarupyabhattacharya7921]

*_Discipline is the constant fight between what you want now and what you want most_*

[@sorenspiller]

Everyone reading the comments while watching you proved his point. I did the same.

[@rubenlugo55]

I paused the video and proceeded to read the comments

[@mateuszgitarzysta7871]

I paused

[@johnme60]

@@rubenlugo55 same ! , I also watched the full video first. I can't take my eyes off while he is speaking.

[@ndc10162262]

To see kids scrolling down facebook at a prime Dr.Peterson lecture. plebs

[@LinkEX]

Those poor lads' autonomous semi-sprit was clearly out of control. If it wasn't for their compulsions, ironically, they could at least have found out what caused them right there.

[@SHINEBOXPROD]

I would pay big bucks to hear this man talk live.

[@SpirosKaftanis]

I wanted to point out the same, sad!

[@SuperBrockMister1]

cynical_idealist that’s what they’re doing

[@hmm-.-]

CharlieDontSturf He said that they already know that, as i know a lot of things on this topic and i am in high school.

[@ItsTheTravellingTrio]

I get distracted while watching videos about how to not get distracted, I have no hope.

[@MarcusEMunya]

He's the professor we deserve. But not the one we need right now. So the media hounds him. Because he can take it. Because he's more than a psychologist. He's an integrated shadow. Our cryptic intepreter. *The Dark Knight.*

[@MrCTruck]

doobeedoobeedooo make tee shirts and I’ll buy one. JBP with a Batman cowl on plus this quote

[@AHunDread]

Yare yare, daze... Kermit is his stand or is Peterson the stand of Kermit? anyway, buckos, time to get back to our rooms...

[@etagged]

*The Slim Shadow*

[@MarionTIA]

I S T H A T A M O T H E R F U C K I N G J O J O R E F E R E N C E ?

[@xXSaberToothSamuraiXx]

Most underrated comment I've ever seen in my life.

[@Stormfox93]

Me: studying. My subconscious: You should watch a Jordan Peterson video.

[@mayeshaf4501]

literally what brought me to this video

[@samaralysa7690]

I’m depressed and I’m having a really hard time with studying at the same time, it’s 12:00 AM right now and I have an exam at 8, I’m trying to focus but I cannot, I just want to go back to bed and sleep and miss the exam. i also have my final exams after 150 days, they’re important and yet I still have no idea what I’m doing. I can’t talk to anyone and no one can understand.

[@MedXNuggets]

I hope things are a little better for you now.

[@ovvyzafari9155]

hello

[@chromiyum6849]

I understand, man. Its same with me except its 1 AM and i have the exam at 9. I guess I should've studied the whole year instead of delaying it for 'some other day'. Never think you're alone, maybe there's a guy in your class who's depressed and has no one to talk to, too. And you both think you're all alone but how could you think that you don't share your problems with someone when you don't know them? I'm just saying its counter intuitive. And there are not many problems that don't have any solutions, you could ask me for advice but we might be on the same boat 😂 Hope you're in a better place now, peace. PS: believe in yourself that its gonna be alright. Your finals are most probably over which i hope you studied well for.

[@aoifec3660]

Sahil Agasi same i hope your exam went okay

[@Chroma.verse77]

How about now ?

[@SSC0002]

This was in my recommended. KZbin is telling me something

[@MrHoucem007]

Because work and study aren't meaningful for you , find what is meaningful for you and do it everything else is useless . That's what I think

[@SSC0002]

@@MrHoucem007 It was a joke

[@miauw8762]

@@SSC0002 still good advice

[@yarinasanchezcesna756]

Yeah! KZbin Is trying to control your life.

[@voices4dayz469]

I'm sorry, I was sidetracked watching the video, what were you typing?

[@PursuitofPossibility]

“Distractions and fantasies entering the theatre of your imagination”...what a beautiful and appropriate metaphor

[@mycatvideos3889]

that dude is on meth. Did you try meth? It's not hard to be a philosopher while youre on meth, dude

[@PursuitofPossibility]

Brainfock lol

[@markdimi]

The guy on the front is laughing and maniacly browsing Facebook.

[@TheMeganWho]

Markos Dimijazz How can that guy just not pay attention to Jordan , smh, his loss

[@hugonongbri8100]

+TheMeganWho dank memes are just more important bro

[@KHANPIN]

Is that dude you?

[@fullgadurj]

"dude weed lmao" . "do your work". Which sentence is the most attractive?

[@DECYYK]

He simply never gonna make it. Either take the Peterpill and Bogpill or watch yourself smoking pot and eating pizza whilst watching Ritchard and Mortimer alone on your birthday.

[@arshadsoamber5810]

Wow some people do not realize how lucky they are by having jordan as their teacher...they prefer facebook

[@RacingAtHome]

I saw that guy too.

[@backpropagated]

You literally just watched a video about why it's hard to focus, and your response was to criticize someone for not focusing.

[@gumshuda24]

Yeah.. While even sitting on first bench 1:17

[@bettlovesshrek2026]

@@backpropagated omg slswplsosoox

[@fasteddyuk]

I'd want a better communicator than him.

[@adamkoke8616]

Nice video as always but here is my problem I have been making losses trying to make profit in tradng stock and crypto. I thought tradng demo account is just like tradng the real market... can anyone help me out or at least advise me on what to do

[@ronicamampuya2954]

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[@osawemenestty4610]

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[@Haroldmegan]

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[@richardbalint2582]

I'm so happy for taking the bold step in investing with him. What suprises me about him mostly is he gives his clients access to his trading site whereby they can monitor their trades on a daily basis

[@woodkenneth783]

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[@28604]

Wow, what a legend. "We are distracted by shit we'd rather be doing so we don't study." Truly a philosopher of our generation.

[@Gingdoll4mj]

All of these students are seriously so lucky to have a professor like this :(

[@ahrarcorson6452]

Basically he's said the damage has already been done.

[@kyarebhikmangya]

And any cure?

[@ahrarcorson6452]

@@kyarebhikmangya Yep but you'll have to work from the ground up.

[@patrickmitchell3258]

@@kyarebhikmangya meditation and microhabits I would say

[@Thank-u-so-much-for-everything]

@@ahrarcorson6452 right, like thinking in solitude and take help from the friends to study...

[@diegobelingieri9959]

I'd really love to know why it doesn't happen to videogames. Even if you're incredibly bored, playing a "grindy" game, your attention doesn't fail. I'm a lawyer and before that I was a marketing consultant, so I had to study quite a bit and my work is boreaucratic and frankly quite boring sometimes, and I have to take cofee and turn out all music, etc, to work - but if I play a grindy game, like MMOs, I have to remember to stop and have my 6 hours of sleep to be able to work the next day, and it happens even if I'm not having fun. Game developers are into something we should understand to apply to work/study systems.

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

I think it comes down to rewards. Especially games like MMOs reward you with XP and flashy lights when leveling up and killing enemies. Even if it takes much longer to level up at higher levels, the progress you make becomes pretty obvious when you compare yourself to low level players. Work rewards you with money but there are no flashy lights and XP points showing up every time you do something. This is even worse when you're studying because you don't even get money for it, only grades. I think it comes down to visual results. I'm studying math right now and it's much harder to stay on target when you don't see results right away. Before that I worked as a landscaper and I have to say that work days were much more satisfying on average because you could actually see a huge difference between how a garden looked like in the morning and just eight hours later.

[@diegobelingieri9959]

You might be on something. I mean, there's a reason grad school have semesters, etc, other than organizing the knowledge - the "level ups" might keep people interested. About earning money, it doesn't always feel as a reward frankly - when you just earn enough to keep your status, it doesn't feel rewarding at all. The only moment you feel you had a "leve up" is then you upgrade jobs, etc, and augment your status among your social peers.

[@thesharanaithal]

@@wilhufftarkin8543 I concluded from your answer: Rewards that occur at very short intervals (in video games) beat slightly longer periodic rewards of money or knowledge (from work or school)

[@ashfernandes7327]

It's quite simple. Playing video games is a form of entertainment. When you come home from work you need to relax the mind and escape to a virtual world that will temporarily take your worries away.

[@ChaseWSanders]

It does happen in video games. I can give you an incredibly relevant example: I am, at this very moment, avoiding playing more Assassin's Creed Odyssey because I am bored with it, so I am watching youtube videos. I know I need to get back to it, because my end goal is to fully complete the game and get all of the achievements. But I continue to put it off and do literally anything else. I will probably begrudgingly start playing again in about 5 or 10 minutes. You may ask, why continue to play the game if I am no longer having fun and am bored with it? I think that is a very fair question, and one that I've asked myself many times. But the answer is that once the game is complete and I have all the achievements, I feel a sense of ease and a drive to start the next game, whatever that game may be. This doesn't happen with every game, by the way. I would say the vast majority of games I complete I have a lot of fun completing and I don't mind a grind. It's just sometimes video games feel like a "job" and that's when I know that it's crossed over from being fun to being boring.

[@sudosara]

Ok great but where's the part about how to actually sit down and study? :(

[@dmc2925]

He said it in there, you have to practice it. Build a machine in your mind to get yourself to sit and study. Force yourself to sit down and study as much as possible, even if you start small. Try the pomodoro technique

[@codeypendent1899]

The title never stated that you would get a resolve as to why. Just why. But having the causal factor is the beginning of changing the effect.

[@ferdinandbardamu3217]

Meditation

[@tony9238]

Start be getting off of you tube

[@Valerik37]

1:44 basically you have to build a habit. Do it repeatedly every single day, and your brain will eventually start almost doing it on it's own. The hard part is continuing creating the habit in the beginning. That's where everyone fails. But It'll get easier; it's just the first few days or weeks that suck balls.

[@cozakokotano6448]

"When you have problems of focusing, you just cant control yourself at all." -Jordan Peterson.

[@samwatkin1990]

I love the guy who's so distracted he's just scrolling through Facebook 1:14

[@smfhsergio1728]

why in some parts does he sound like kermit the frog LMFAO

[@kevinklien90]

Lol I knew he sounded familiar to something

[@markotter2707]

...waiting for him to say, "its not easy being green"

[@ppcgnamda]

OMG cannot unhear this. He really does sound like Kermit.

[@franz_mori]

Hahaha ha the way he speaks (both fast and with weird pauses) reminds me of Rick Sánchez from Rick and Morty... Now I picture a Kermit Rick XD

[@timkeypoo]

I CANT UNHEAR IT NOW LMAO I WATCHED IN x2 speed

[@ogbm4338]

Me: “I need to study now” My conscience: “There’s meat that needs to be tenderized.” If you got this comment, pls cleanse your brain and study.

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

😂😵😵😵😵Noooo

[@kayy2510]

And how do you do that?

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

@@kayy2510 😂😂😂😂Ohhhhh boy

[@bishnugogoi9729]

Lol🤣

[@shivam4306]

I need help and so do you.

[@IScreenshotNFTs]

1:17 asian with the blue jacket at the right front is browsing facebook

[@brunofiorini8389]

hahhahhahahahaha

[@isavagapov3714]

Hahahahahahahah

[@imanalien3733]

he jus vibin doe

[@IScreenshotNFTs]

@@imanalien3733 why would he vibe on FB, when Jordan frcikin Peterson is right infront of him?!?!?!? Asfsgafaga

[@imanalien3733]

@@IScreenshotNFTs bro... cuz he jus vibin

[@ralphoism]

Never got around to explaining how the heck to maintain the necessary focus .

[@kenpachira]

He makes it so interesting when he adds real life challenges and behaviors and thought we encounter along with learning the topic

[@martin-krzywinski]

Meanwhile, everyone in the lecture has their laptop open and is fully distracted.

[@fraxizztv6433]

because they did not really choose this lecture. When someone is kinda forced (part of your course), it does feel A LOT different. I quit school bec of that, and I'm a much happier person now and learn on my own.

[@janvi.b906]

They take down their notes on the laptop and not notebooks.

[@voices4dayz469]

*Properly* distracted you meant. Hahaha.

[@fraxizztv6433]

@@voices4dayz469 how does that even work. You just change his words for him? gtfo

[@voices4dayz469]

@@fraxizztv6433 I'm sorry, was my pun offensive in some way towards you? I'm not quite sure what you are trying to type.

[@baatour]

1:15 the guy in front is on Facebook . What the hell. Why don't you listen ? You're a mess .

[@codeypendent1899]

John Jayson bet his room is filthy

[@vfpfootball]

John Jayson Most shrink wouldn't be so honest. They think they are better than everyone. Not all, but many.

[@Xeando]

Who cares?

[@523101997]

People who don't get a chance at this quality of education and hate to see people take it for granted. Sometimes the professors do since they're really trying their best to give a entertaining but informative lecture but they're too busy gawking at their friends food picture The university and staff whom may have to deal with him later because of poor grades People who respect Jordan Peterson and feel somewhat offended at this guy who clearly thinks Facebook is more interesting or important than Peterson

[@Synochra]

wowow look at Hans Landa over here

[@tropical9913]

Psychology is such an interesting subject. It's everywhere if you think about it.

[@Thank-u-so-much-for-everything]

like in physics/mathematics what is purpose of psychology ....? i don't know for them it is not interesting just like us we are not really into physics/mathematics ...

[@MaximilianonMars]

"...time for a peanut butter sandwich" *raises hand*

[@Falconryder]

As soon as he said that my brain went, "mmmmm, peanut butter."

[@DeJake]

I've been doing psychological science for 5 weeks now after getting into Jordans talks and I understood almost every psychology word he used. I feel so accomplished 😂

[@lipika-yk6yr]

i feel happy for u cuz i know that feeling! woah this comment was 3 yrs ago...

[@waqarishaqui348]

Now you understand it better

[@jp2650]

​@@lipika-yk6yr😂

[@elliottdwayne.k3792]

When you had so much fun in one day and there is no problem at all... Me: "hmmmm, suspicious..."

[@kithinga]

dAMN

[@meursault9429]

God! I watch this professor on the language that is not my mother language and I absorb every word like a sponge and I wish I had professor like this in my whole education period but not even close. It is not even my domain. I am taking engineering classes but the truth this guy speaks is something marvelous. If he came to my country or even country nearby I would pay to listen to him. And then on the other hand i see kids scrolling on facebook while he is giving his lectures. The sad part is that the kids paid a lot of money to sit there and he is teaching them with a lot of true true passion for only a little piece of that money while there is so many other people that are not in that kind of position. Be smart my friends, thruth is painful. Greetings from Croatia!

[@namename796]

Sameee and hello fellow Croat ;D

[@MissFunnyBunneh]

I have to agree, he really has a way with words...

[@leopoldprlic2148]

Pozdrav stari, mislio sam da si iz Afrike ili JI Azije kako je opis krenuo 😂 Jesi li iz ZG?

[@ultrainstinct8485]

Meanwhile feminists are just seething with rage at the idea that this guy even exists, let alone that people listen to him.

[@GrowingWarrior]

Don't use God's name in vain. You do realize who's name you're using, correct? The God of the universe! Please turn from this. God wanted me to start warning people as well.

[@beastlyendeavour9184]

If all profs where like Dr Jordan Peterson I'd never leave school

[@laurensgosling8116]

Straight White Male Tell me about it..

[@prototype8137]

Anthony Lee this guy is out to lunch... Why are you so impressed? Lol.

[@Paul-uw2my]

Prototype 81 yet here you are. He turns you on, no?

[@beastlyendeavour9184]

Prototype 81 perhaps you don't understand him due to your indoctrination downloads. Wipe the system and watch again. Think for yourself, critically. Compare with what others are saying. Try to find the truth in there somewhere.

[@prototype8137]

Anthony Lee You know me, my beliefs, and what I consider true Just by reading a sentence. You just might be crazy or delusional.

[@XAE_A_Xii]

one of way of procrastinating is watching youtube clip with Jordan Peterson on how to stop bloody procrastinating

[@gamingowl7422]

I wish we had teachers like him in our university

[@Thank-u-so-much-for-everything]

but have in our imaginative minds .........

[@Ayush-wx5oy]

Happy Teachers day to Jordan Peterson.❤ He honestly taught us a lot of things no one ever could. P.S : today is Teachers day in India

[@Chris-ki2dx]

1:17 Imagine having Jordan Peterson as your professor and just scrolling facebook like that

[@swbbowers18]

It amazes me that there are students scrolling facebook while the Great Jordan B. Peterson is dropping truth live and in person.

[@rb210]

It's time to clean your room, Bucko.

[@rb210]

The only meaning attached to anything is that which we choose to attach. In this case: it's FUN.

[@mr7wi]

And cleaning your room is much harder than you think.

[@steinnbjorn7627]

mr7wi no, it will be like "and cleaning your room is not that bloody easy, as you may think"))

[@mr7wi]

Steinn Bjorn And that’s THAT!

[@stormyascent6982]

I cleaned and organized my desktop. Is that good?

[@rfcalm]

1:18 some guy has jordan peterson giving a lecture in the room he is in, and instead he decides to scroll through Facebook

[@user-rw4zy6ho9x]

Yeah, so absurd. I noticed also that Jordan was going from one end of the room to another and literally drilling students with his eyes begging for some kind of response or spark. Because Jordan is passionate bastard.

[@diego1602]

And that's the right thing to do! Fuck peterson and his inadequate use of nietzsche!

[@sgneny6850]

what u mean diego

[@earl-tf4qc]

OCD is terrible. I'm middle aged, wasn't diagnosed until my late 20s. Had it not been for Jesus, the mother he chose for me, and hand full of people who said, "you're not crazy, we'll figure this out", I probably would have eaten a bullet at a young age. My illness prompted me to learn about others. I truly believe that a lot of people suffer in silence for the fear that they will not be understood, called crazy, or just don't know where to turn. Cognitive behavioral therapy, facing the things that troubled me, my fears, really helped. It doesn't happen over night though. It is absolutely a fight. It's one that I still deal with but nowhere near like years ago. Once you have the tools and the will, quality of life can improve drastically. I'm not sure why I put this out there but hopefully it helps someone.

[@robertsstrikis233]

*sits down and studies*

[@pipiruby87]

But before that, eat some peanut butter sandwich.

[@talibanking]

Ironic that the kids in the front row are scrolling through Facebook.

[@missionpupa]

Not sure you understand what ironic means.

[@OZEEtube]

@@missionpupa I think he understands it perfectly well. Not sure about you tho.

[@missionpupa]

@@OZEEtube and there's another one.

[@OZEEtube]

@@missionpupa He is lecturing them about short attention spans and what they can do about it, but some people in the front row wont hear it while browsing through Facebook, because of their short attention spans. That is ironic by definition. Look it up on wiktionary. "informal or proscribed irony": "Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected."

[@gargaduk]

@@missionpupa Yeah, the one not understanding is you. There is no denying it.

[@thecripkeeper1713]

How can anyone hate this person? I was shocked yesterday.

[@bigmike100]

Who else starting watching this instead of studying lmaooo

[@prakritisingha3186]

best way to not get disctracted is taking good care of your health, ie, sleep, eat and exercise well, and doing fasting. Take care of my physiology worked wonders for my productivity. I used to struggle with catching up to college lectures but now I can study big books like breeze. Your body and brain plays a big role in your ability to manage your focus. And i believe a huge no. of people suffer from ADD due to lifestyle related health issues, which grows slowly over time, and ADD is one of the first signs of poor health.

[@vedgyani8123]

I think that doesn't mean much. I am a true vegetarian, almost do 100 pushups a day, and other body weight exercises, and sleep 7 hours, still can't focus on my studies and assignments.

[@Stettafire]

Fasting may or may not be good for your health. Do it if it works for you. If you've got an ED don't touch that with a barhe pole. Don't generalise.

[@rheegret8405]

ADHD is not caused by how you live. Good grief.

[@DonaldFranciszekTusk]

@@vedgyani8123 Maybe try meat

[@Tollah2real]

Useless information

[@maitzyjp6649]

I hope these students understood how unbelievably lucky they were sitting infront of such a amazing man

[@johnseed471]

JBP makes me realize things about my own self I had never been aware of before. I understand myself so much better after hearing him speak for five minutes.

[@AnnoyedAnthony]

I’m distracted by the comments 🤦‍♂️

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

anthony arbeau Same and a lot of other people too

[@nabranestwistypuzzler7019]

Now you have 2^5 likes

[@Azamat790]

Imagine being so lucky as to be in a Jordan Peterson lecture and you end up scrolling through facebook instead of listening - blows my mind how little people can concerntrate now a days

[@Tennethums1]

“And your mind wanders...” Missed the next 5 minutes of the video after he mentions saying, “um” in between sentences to see if he says, “um”. Spoiler: he doesn’t.

[@stephenowesney5173]

I want nothing more but to have all my biggest life questions responded to by this man

[@theofficialofgod180]

I like how I see this as I’m taking a break from studying for my MCAT

[@catherinespark]

What helps is to overload your sensory system on every level with things that don't actually require thought. E.g. put on some space-music and an oil burner, and sit on an exercise ball whilst chewing gum, and play with a squishy or fidget cube with your free hand - whilst reading or writing. Does kind of work. Also something like a chocolate coated raisin for every page read or written, and an electric timer that you HAVE to stop when it goes off - always good to be left with more to say rather than nothing. I sometimes find going for a long drive and taking my study material with me, along with a drink and a snack, works too.

[@hrijitbhattacharya3108]

by the time the video ended, i forgot the topic on which he was talking about

[@MrSzoSs]

I remember having really bad anxiety about who i'd be in the future on top of being really depressed due to lack of social interactions when I was at school and what my life would be like, but after dropping out after 1 year due to not being interested and generally having bad gaming addiction and now being unemployed for some time I'd be happy to even get an interview for a low quality part time job. I'm slowly beginning to regret I haven't tried harder but the second id begin studying something I don't really enjoy again id probably find it boring. I guess it's depends a lot on the circumstances, I'm grateful that I do things everyday not to find myself at the bottom of the pit like at least watching these kinds of videos and that I don't have to suffer like people with really bad OCD or Tourette's. I found it interesting how prof Peterson being so engaging to the students by talking about not being engaged

[@nickromano7441]

Me getting out of Psych lecture: “That was SO boring... I gotta watch some KZbin” KZbin: “This outta do it for him” Me: “Wow! This is really interesting!”

[@someone-do9wz]

This because the sense of obligation we feel when we study or just attend school classes it feels as we "have to" do it even if we don't , but when we choose to study somthin we love we find it amusing and enjoyable ,Simply this happened because we think we know the extent of our choices so to have complete awarness and attention about what comes from this decision but losing the ability to choose made us lose the desire and attention toward what we do

[@jdanielortega]

Hearing Jordan Peterson speak is like watching Michelangelo paint.

[@diegom-a7970]

With Kermit voice

[@TomUK7]

@@diegom-a7970 Just had a nice image of Kermit painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Thanks.

[@diegom-a7970]

@@TomUK7 my pleasure

[@silvershadowjsh]

1) this came up as a suggestion and bloody hell it’s relatable to my life rn 2) imagine actually having lectures from Jordan Peterson as part of your course omg 😍

[@WhatDaBidnessIsCuh]

Is it bad that this is distracting me from studying rn?

[@rohansarangdhar8023]

At least you're not wasting time

[@takemetotirol]

TheWillStew its an investment

[@trappart9209]

Actually, you better have certain time for watching videos instead of doing it, when you have to study

[@karolclark791]

Idk why people get mad at him for apparently not keeping on the topic First of all someone else uploaded this video and called it this way Second of all, he did explain it

[@mositreijen1062]

Completely living in the moment/now -> a quiet mind -> no loss of attention. Why do dreams feel like they happen to us? Because we are completely focused in them. While we dream, we are absorbed in the moment. There is no room left for thoughts that take us away from the moment. Not living in the moment/now -> a non quiet mind -> past/future related thinking -> uncertain what to do. Now, I’m not saying that we shouldn’t think about things(thinks) that happened to us or others or that could happen to us or others but I personally think that, when we do this, we must only do this when we are able to give all our attention to the thoughts. Otherwise, we only comprise ourselves. This is of course all subjective and I would love to discuss this!!! (English isn’t my mother language...)

[@mohanapandianraju1120]

Brilliant. Yes, I would like to discuss. Could you email me @ [e-mail] so that I can clarify my questions and you can elaborate further. Cheers

[@MouseCodes]

It's even so hard to sit down for five minutes and watch this video to figure out why we can't study. *Damn it man our attention span got fucked by technology and social media.*

[@sannakhalid1950]

In my case, it's not social media. The thing that stops me or hinders my productivity is perfectionism. I'm tired

[@tryanything5473]

@@sannakhalid1950 THis

[@NightMiner24]

@@sannakhalid1950 same

[@appalachianwolf1187]

I literally thought he was holding a gun in the thumb nail lmfao

[@DiyaSharma-wq6bw]

😂😂😂

[@souravchatterjee9418]

1:17 That guy in the front literally surfing Facebook...lol

[@superfotis1361]

One thing that I always think when watching Jordan Peterson's lectures is how goddamn lucky are those students that have him as a teacher. :))

[@jacoblindberg9742]

I want to transfer from my college to this one just so I can be in his class

[@abdulmohssenhammudeh6447]

I was trying to study for my online course and the idea of why I can't focus took control and brought me here.

[@HarshitGarg22]

I love how you posted the original source along with other information for the speaker. It's not a common sight to see people, especially on KZbin, crediting the person whose content, in snippets or in entirety, they have used. You're a good person and I thank you for that. ;)

[@bobowon5450]

I started playing with my keys while watching this

[@sheepy3545]

I was pretending to write what he says

[@Distress.]

Started reading the comments

[@sheepy3545]

we should all fire ourselves

[@Daniel41145]

Lol

[@aspirantscorner4612]

0:43 when I pause the video and go outside for a cigarette ........

[@sunhythen]

"What am I doing at university" "What's the point of life" been there🤣. The story of my life

[@tibetan.music.universe]

I’m 26 and been struggling with exactly this my entire life. If I could overcome this problem (without usage of ADHD drugs) I feel I could be a doctor at this age. Instead I’m a fuck up still living with parents and can barely focus on studying for an IT certification.

[@Flora.x23]

This is really me. I hate myself right know. I’m 25 and I could already be a doctor now but I am preparing for medical school. I have no success in life, I am very afraid of failing so I can never start working. Stupid bitch.

[@deadeyeduncanfromkotor7836]

Me too lol

[@twarinx]

Why is this guy explaining my life?

[@ravazoid469]

I feel like most people have no idea how bad it can actually get. I have trained myself over 4 strong years to start panicing and getting a stomachache after reading a sentance. Even if I try and take baby steppes I fail after I try and study for more than 5 minutes. I kept retaking the same exam for 2 years now. In 4 days I will come to the inevitable drop out. Yet my brain is still playing the "if you start vigourously studying now you might improve your chances. I have been lying to everyone around me for 2 years now. I am isolated and feel like an impostor around everyone accept my brother who suffers from the exact same issue. No matter how hard we try to push each other to study we end up pulling the other back. ("If he succeeds then all if fine so I can go back to playing games.") I feel lonely, unfullfilled and pathetic despite still being really intersted in several complex areas. Computer science, mechanical engineering, medicine (still a first year student after 2 years) and much more. The problem is that in Uni no matter what you study those sons of bitches have to put something totally useless into the curriculum. Which is usually the most "important" or rewarded course. I can not defeat those. Even is in the past I managed to study easily for over 4 hours at a time and do it again after 30 minutes, now after 1 hour i calm down and say ok that was enough time to overload my brain with dopamine. Which leads me backnto start building up my study habit from 5 minutes at a time. Knowing these flaws I feel powerless in making a change. Despite dreaming of becoming a jedi, with my willpower I would become a sith lord or most likely not even that. I want to get out of this wasteland and search for a place or people that manage to bring out the productive and hard working student that got me into Uni in the first place. I even made up a complex plan on how I could cause the death of several professors who ignore students and dont take them seriously. That way, at least for 5 horrible minutes people would realise I am indeed good at something.

[@concentriccircles1899]

look at this KZbin channel: A bas le ciel

[@concentriccircles1899]

The problem is your attitude: you can make the best out of a bad situation. I'm guessing the problem is also the amount of time that you put into video game. The push-ups are still good even if the professor is horrible.

[@Hunter60273]

It's been 1 year did you get any solution?I have been suffering from same problem.I was top student 2 years before but now I am suffering as same problem with you.

[@Chuck_N0rris]

One way to get over the feeling is to practice just opening your book once a day. It doesnt matter if you read one page. Step one is to get over the fear and that is to practice opening your book and read one single page once or twice a day.

[@Kademblack]

Thank you. It is good advice

[@Thin.kinguk]

look if you are consistent in keeping your word to yourself, starting with something small, like im going to stand up, and then do it. over and over, you begin to trust yourself and thus u have confidence, because youre trustworthy and you can do more because you believe in yourself. that's it.

[@shatteredsquare]

"Your attention is mediated by unconscious forces" 💡

[@Thank-u-so-much-for-everything]

unconscious is just so popular, man

[@muddywitch9016]

I’m trying to study (at home) because I’m trying to write a novel and want to get the historical details right) and JP is right here- studying is HARD, even if it something you WANT to do.

[@satendrathakur1713]

did you finish the novel?

[@muddywitch9016]

@@satendrathakur1713 I am now on the 2nd draught, thanks for asking!😍

[@roy5951]

When you realise that watching this video is also a part of " just to avoid homework"....

[@omegaspawn9508]

Before I opened the video, from the frame image I thought it was about a professor with a gun pointed to someone....

[@AlgoGuardianFX]

He's really sick and tired of your dirty room.