Separating Distractions from Productivity

[@jacky7878]

1. Physical barrier of separating work and play 2. Site blocker 3. To start work: break flow of inactivity (walk, eat) 4. Fix sleep, schedule work time, don’t lose to sunken cost fallacy

[@Moussecakess]

Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@mrunankmistry7255]

Collin has solved "minimize the distraction" problem using two state dp. State1 - Work. State2 - NonWork. He added extra cost for transition between the states. Thats brilliant !!!

[@shankysays]

He made a discrete finite automata basically.

[@quaffie]

except when youre non-working you have a barrier to enter work mode

[@Stellar-Cowboy]

It’s a pretty common tactic for productivity but he explained it really well.

[@FreeSpeechWarrior]

Colin I sincerely want to thank you for being so helpful in many ways, not just programming. It's overwhelming when you're just starting out. I really love the way you give advice in areas where I truly need all the help I can get.

[@jdhgeui2838]

Took the words out of my mouth. Absolutely this comment

[@Steelrat1994]

This definetely works. Since early childhood I was never able to put any work in studying while at home. This caused me endless suffering in university. But when I just started working, I knew to do exactly what you suggested. I came to the office and decided that no matter what, I'm not going to watch youtube/read stuff/check social media etc while at work. I never had any problems focusing while at work, while I still can barely put in any work at home. My brain is just too strongly conditioned that home is where I waste time.

[@BBWahoo]

The fact you're doing this all without selling a course is kind of insane, thank you god.

[@mentalfoundry]

For the bad days when you start the day sluggish, a thing that works for me is to remember the motto that "this too shall pass". It let's me just make the most out of the bad day, knowing that it won't last forever. To an extent good days and bad days will invariably happen and if it is one of those bad days that is truly out of your control then there is no point fussing about what you can't change. Just do what you can (go easy on yourself) and it will be enough.

[@aoeGamingAEGIS]

What helped me is this: I asked myself how much discord pays me to be on their app. I mean, do I get at least the minimum wage in the poorest country on earth? No, nobody pays me. Then I asked myself, do discord makes money by me being active there? and the answer was yes. Got me thinking, any person in this world if they hear someone else is making money out of their back and they don't get a percentage, they would become mad as hell. Ok, so this isn't about discord should pay you, but about not wasting time. This can apply do other social apps, not just discord. Ok, you use youtube to watch a tutorial for how-to do something and you maybe use discord to share project files with your team or you use social to get your daily dose of entertainment, this is fine. And just like this we realize why some people are rich and some are poor, because "you" make them rich, by overusing their 'products'. Anyway, thanks for reading AEGIS AI ,lol

[@harelhai4043]

damn man your videos are gold

[@nivalderramas]

This is a very helpful video, I think the most important thing (at least for me) when achieving personal improvements, is being consciousness about what I'm doing and how the process is going, have the determination to stay in the process and enjoy that as long as possible

[@w47-p1e]

0:01 who is this guy and why has he hung galen colin on the wall

[@sasikaalawathura8641]

You just made a impact on my life for good

[@harshvardhanpandey8057]

Watching second thread instead of working is really relatable.

[@GrayShark09]

Amazing advice! Thank you! I'm sure we all would like to hear more of your wisdom on stopping procrastination and being productive. Can you do another video on this topic?

[@efthymiosn3381]

It is so nice seeing your channel grow.

[@0243649608]

Makes a lot of sense, thanks for the information

[@tejassardana6266]

Would definitely like to see more such ideas and analysis based on daily life optimisations and/or obstacle resolutions. Good content, much appreciated!

[@williamc9791]

This is similar to my productivity strategy and when I adopted it it worked so well for me. Great video!

[@prabhakaranjeyamohan4579]

7:39 so relatable. I do this all the time. Buddy! you tricks and tips are very useful and most of them I know already . Thanks for the brush up. You think like me

[@mojo_jojo913]

This is psychologically true and it's called Classical Conditioning I already use it and it works like "magic"

[@makesushi]

I am surprised I have the same setup in my room, it's about the same size as yours. it definitely helps a lot in productivity!

[@MyName-ro5ds]

ceep doing what u doing bro u r really clever and cool and it's so interesting to listen your advices and thoughts

[@kurahashi7900]

your room looks like a liminal space, thats nice

[@sameermishra8810]

Ya I've tried this method it helps a lot until the time you break your own barrier... but there's always restart 😊 amazing.

[@kratomleaf8937]

hey man your videos are really something else. I really wanted to know tho, if this things come from your experience or from some book or something else

[@mashrurrahmannavid8305]

Yup great video, definitely do more of this!!!

[@TricoliciSerghei]

Thanks Colin, good advice.

[@iamparitosh]

This was such a basic idea but it does seem like the one thing that might work for me!!

[@orycroft2020]

wow this is genius. I'm going to apply disruption & transition. 👌 thank you. glad i subbed fellow xNTx

[@aiviavi8446]

Wow, thanks a ton for this !! These are things people don't talk about but matter the most 🔥 Please keep content like this coming!! We love it!! P.S: I'm gonna start doing this from this moment. I shall update my progress on this comment

[@jagadeeshreddy3998]

Just what I am looking for .Thank you colin

[@yehoriliushchenko4401]

You have interesting content man, good job, thx!!!

[@yodawithasoda2272]

Thanks Colin for making this. I'll try to implement these

[@T0lga1105]

Thanks for your help🫡

[@sakibhossain6136]

This is the thumb rule of successful learners

[@PUREBLACKWORLDTENDENCY]

I bought an app for self-control, and found a way to get past it. So I bought another app for self-control, and found another way to get past it. Damn it.

[@gdthegreat]

oh man, you have perfect mental framework for focus.

[@Mani_OnFire]

galen last 20min left in snackdown quali,solve some questions man go fast,do it man🤞🤞🤞✌✌

[@AEGISAOE]

0:08 but it doesnt work for me, because i always like to watch new and new stuff, and utube keeps showing me related content, so, what i do is just make new accounts and thats it

[@manutebol956]

thank you

[@vaclavblazej]

Hi Colin, I noticed you have a microphone on your table. I recommend going way closer to get better quality sound -- as it will pick up less hummm and echo from the background. Maybe consider getting a gooseneck with table clamp as normal stand is anoying to have just in front of you.

[@ColinGalen]

The mic currently isn't being used, as it gave me issues on my old computer and I haven't given myself enough time to set it up for the new one, so it's just my default laptop mic.

[@nirajandata]

nice philosophie mr. colin

[@indreamelite594]

Quality content >>>

[@nelsonwang4582]

Just out of curiosity, how do you organize your training daily routine when you have a lot of time like summer break? for example, how long of study followed by how long of break? Also would be very excited to see a video about it! thanks a lot!

[@arpansen964]

Very helpful stuff...

[@rv__info7876]

Great . every should follow this tips. 😃

[@learntechgrow4777]

Thank you!

[@funclips2002]

Thanks for the tips man

[@samueldegrandi6603]

the pomooro method is a grwat way of having fixed work and break times without loosing the rhythm (i fell like 50 min work 10 break works better for me, ratter than the traditional 25 5)

[@Uppurak]

Do more of these video

[@devmahad]

Thanks :)

[@niffoxichere8394]

here what I do: prepare todo list and don't touch any entertainment site/music until completion working good so far for me.

[@amitlevy834]

How long have you been doing this? I used to have a software block, but I felt that after a few months my "baseline willpower" dropped, because I wasn't exercising it as much, and so whenever I found a way to get past the barrier (a new distracting website that I didn't block yet), I immediately wasted hours on it. You don't feel your willpower just drops with time to adjust?

[@nagasaipurvaz4251]

what I do is use different desktop for watching movies and youtube vedios which is reversed to add more friction

[@yan4953]

Starting this I will be back in 6months.

[@arpitgupta1022]

Hey Colin, can you please do a video on DP with bitmasks 🙏🙏

[@schrodings9465]

what's ur take on digital detox in this context? Or maybe in general?

[@zephyriel-fenrix]

I wouldn't even see the video unless I was been distracted, lol

[@yunootsuka9093]

What chair do you use, I looking for the chair that designed like the one you are using.

[@kabboghosh1853]

Best video

[@avdhootjadhav6705]

We need a strong resolve in order to focus. And we can't focus on any work if our mind is not ready for it. So its better to decide depending on your state of mind. Barriers will force us to do same thing everyday and we might get bored. Thats my point of view. It totally depends on you guys. Golin orz 🔥🔥

[@particle0]

any good software recommendations that work for all platforms?

[@clarklopez9465]

Is playing music consider a distraction?

[@kishoureb6833]

Yes, if it has lyrics

[@yokoso2386]

how to not switch up task 1. establish strong barrier beetween work | mental self control | non work | with pyshicall barrier

[@mayankverma8520]

can u tell me how can one focus intense or deeply on something?,

[@krampus5531]

0:05 naw, i'm here because i intentionally searched up this video to KEPP me focased-- 😎

[@OmarSamehTantawy]

while watching this video i got already distracted with youtube stories 😂

[@yangkenny]

10 years ago I had realized the mental bandwidth of relying on willpower separate work from non-work time was just unnecessary. Initially I would just beat myself up if I went down some procrastination rabbit hole and tell myself I didn't have strong enough mental fortitude and I need to just develop more will power. That was until I had the realization that the distractions I was fighting against (zoning out on my phone, KZbin, etc) was literally engineered by a team of grown adults to distract me. so I started to lock my phone away in a box and put the key in a different room and only when I finished several work cycles I would check my phone. whenever someone asked about it I explained why and they just figured I was weird. this was 10 years ago before people realized how much of a problem phone distraction was so its understandable to me why they would think I was weird. fast forward to the past two years. everything that came with covid resulted in me losing the structure I had developed prior. Completely blurring the lines of work and non work which led me back to being hard on myself because everyday was spent in this "gray zone" of work and non work. I've been working on developing the structure again although it hasn't gone the very well to be honest. However after watching your video it really solidified and reminded me why I had to literally lock my phone in a box for 10 years. I've also thought about that maybe at some point I could develop the willpower to just not be affected by these temptations. but until we all have neuralinks implanted and have the rationality of a robot, I'll need to accept I'm an irrational human who will constantly do things at my detriment and the only way to put the odds in my favor is to literally just place self imposed friction between those irrational behaviors and my rational self. Not doing that is literally just unnecessarily playing life on a higher difficulty level. thanks for the video ✊

[@ABC-jq7ve]

Actually, you are being rational by being drawn by the phone. Your brain can’t see the reward of working. But it can see the reward of scrolling on KZbin and being entertained for hours with no cost. So at the biological level you are being rational.

[@JuneJuneyJunJune]

That’s so true what you said about removing the need to use willpower to resist the temptation of distraction and getting those little dopamine snacks. Rather use that energy in just creating doing the actual work rather than resisting the need for distractions

[@geseggse4setssat4c24]

works.

[@melstadevosyan]

Go to toilet at morning: start work Go to toilet at evening: finish work Ez

[@davidshipman5964]

the costco fan is based

[@sahilsoni8507]

1:07 completely destroyed my self esteem

[@ankitkesar629]

Galen had done many non work related stuff on that bed 😅

[@arisha8278]

He's pretty😊

[@solaris413]

when u clicked open discord in your browser it was me 00:36

[@satvikshukla5859]

Bro, I am really interested in coding and i want to learn it, I have started with learning c language can u guide me from where I should learn c programming language.

[@uwu.-.5873]

Bro if u still here try starting with learning how memory works (stack, heap, FILO) Then move on to data structs, pointers and look out on making your own projects. Btw C is a relatively difficult lang to start off with, it's good for embedded systems and all that but difficult to start off with.

[@DonsT199]

@@uwu.-.5873 How the Hell I Can Do Projects .. thats the question google can't show me result... Atleast U Help me brother...

[@uovo]

@@DonsT199 just search for frameworks to do different kinds of stuff in the language your using, you surely coded some logic that could be applied into a small project using one of those frameworks, turning a piece of code into something thats a bit more interesting. For example i once coded the game of life into the terminal, then some time later i made a 2d game of life editor with sdl2, also i think when you are starting it doesent matter what you are doing, what really matters is that you are doing something, even if its bad or its not turning out as expected it will make you grow.

[@DonsT199]

@@uovo so u told u made an game... With c++ library.. Is it acceptable as an software engineer portfolio

[@uovo]

@@DonsT199 it's a start, you can always build up form that

[@finnthefrog4354]

doing everything on my bed does not sound great for the posture

[@nos44-]

KZbin algo got me to here to this video -_-

[@Maxim6431]

1:25 My guy is making videos from a prison cell, no wonder he is so focused :-D

[@edmel144]

Do you live in the backrooms?

[@spyrex3988]

if moist crit1kal was a programmer

[@martinabesana4036]

I like you

[@mrwelshi7201]

Ironic.

[@stratonov]

What are you looking here, go back to work!!

[@sobieso]

porz

[@nishansingh77]

First comment!

[@tourpran]

aight 2nd then

[@kxb6098]

why are you shaking donut?

[@वीलवइंडिया]

This problem is belong to noobie like me,,, coding for 1 year on codeforces.. And still noobie... Because of lack of concentration and consistency 😅😅... Thanks colin for this video,,, I'll try it🤓

[@ColinGalen]

Nah man, you're not alone... I've tried to address all these issues because these are issues that I've also had myself in the past (and somewhat in the present).

[@namoan1216]

I cant focus watching the whole video

[@MiketheCoder]

hey galen collin

[@mistake10449]

Hey Mike

[@MiketheCoder]

@@mistake10449 hey Hello world!