Fighting Back Against a Distracted World - Increasing your Focus and Self-motivation
summary
Quits a job, then documents practical fixes: builds a routine, writes 21 Pluralsight courses and nine books, and breaks Netflix binges by removing 750 friends down to 250 on Facebook and deleting social apps from the phone. Uses Pomodoro sprints, Todoist for milestones, GoodNotes + Apple Pencil for daily hand‑written lists, Later.com/Buffer for scheduled tweets, router time‑blocks for kids; claims course drafts hit ~25,000 words after outlining and that these controls restore focus.
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chapters (32)
- 0:00Start
- 6:01Distraction and Procrastination
- 7:34Distraction and Procrastination
- 7:54Procrustean
- 9:18Reasons Why We Procrastinate
- 9:55Low Energy Levels
- 10:29Accepting that You'Re Not Perfect
- 10:47Failure Is Not Fatal
- 12:13Controlling Social Media Addiction
- 14:34Melatonin
- 15:55Oxytocin
- 17:40Serotonin
- 18:26Social Media Can Actually Affect Your Self-Worth
- 19:14Social Media Is Dangerous
- 25:10Twitter
- 32:29Self Motivation
- 32:45Intrinsic Motivation
- 33:18The Locus of Control
- 33:36External Locus of Control
- 34:24Worrying about What You Can Personally Control Day to Day
- 37:45Getting Plenty of Sleep
- 38:41Setting Goals
- 41:11Blocking Out Time in Your Calendar
- 41:33Core Hours
- 42:00Reward Yourself for Hitting Goals
- 43:44Main Themes
- 49:59Removing Social Media from Your Phone
- 50:27Music
- 53:37Coffee Tivity
- 54:54Co-Working Spaces
- 55:23Summary
- 56:01Addicted to Social Media
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