How to Improve Your Focus - 5 Small Changes

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How to improve focus is one of the questions I get asked most. Whether you're a student, creator, professional or entrepreneur, being able to focus easily is extremely helpful. So this video is the second in a three part series about focus, where we're going through 5 strategies to help you focus. Let me know what you find useful in the comments! Enjoy x

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⌚️Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
0:51 - 1. The Ready to Resume Plan
4:46 - 2. The 40 Hz Tactic
7:13 - 3. The 10 Minute De-Clutter
9:50 - 4. The 90-20 Rule
11:48 - 5. The Colour Coding Hack

[BhavikChiluvery]

Loved it

1. Have a ready to resume plan
2. Listen to 40Hz music
3. De clutter your space
4. 90/20 rule
5. Color code similar tasks on calender

[procrastipractice]

A variant of the Hemingway trick is "Park your car at a slope". In the evening, make sure that the next task in the morning is easy, so that you can effortlessly slide back into work, just as a car parked on a slope starts rolling when you loosen the hand-brake. I found this very helpful when I had to organize my work without any incentive from the outside during my PhD.

[judymyers]

Winning combination is to give your viewers the thing they want to see. Being a YouTuber is business, and business owners give people products/services that people need in their life. It's practically the same. And when the growth becomes real, you can consider hiring people to help you run your channel more efficiently. The most difficult part is starting and growing of course, but consistency and hard work (with a little bit of Famester to help) will always pay off at the end. Good luck to everyone, I really hope you are all going to succeed one day.

[fazilbek_]

THANK YOU MY BRO, YOU ARE SECOND TO NONE AMONG THE BLOGGERS THAT I WATCH. Your videos inspire me to feel good productivity!

[faizan_farooqui]

You're so positive Ali bhai, the amount if change you've brought into my life!
May Allah bless you.

[mdabusaqibalamansari]

I've read the introduction and first chapter of the book.

First of all. Reading the introduction itself felt soo good. It was very inspiring and i felt even more excited to read the full book once I read the introduction.

The first chapter was amazing and applying the lessons only from the first chapter can make a big difference.

I'll keep on commenting the more I read this book. Cause it will make it a bit more fun (PLAY).

[ckubes]

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Like really, I was struggling with motivation and focus and uploads a new ali for the unmatchable and stupendous uploading more....😊😊👍👍..

[zidanxo]

*Key takeaways from the video:*

The video is about improving focus. It emphasizes that the ability to focus is a skill that can be learned.

The video outlines five actionable tips to improve focus:

1. *Make a ready to resume plan:* When you need to switch between tasks, take a moment to create a plan for resuming the first task. This will help you to minimize attention residue, the lingering effects of the first task on your ability to focus on the second task. An example of creating a ready to resume plan is stopping in the middle of a sentence when writing.

2. *Listen to 40Hz binaural beats:* Binaural beats are auditory illusions created by playing two slightly different frequencies into each ear. Some research suggests that listening to 40Hz binaural beats can improve focus.

3. *Declutter your workspace:* Physical and digital clutter can be distracting and make it difficult to focus. The video suggests setting aside 10 minutes to declutter your workspace before starting a focused work session.

4. *Use the 90/20 rule:* The 90/20 rule suggests that we should work in 90-minute intervals followed by 15-30 minute breaks. This is because our brains tend to operate in 90-minute cycles, with alertness declining after 90 minutes of focused work.

5. *Batch similar tasks together:* Color-coding your calendar to group similar tasks together can help you to improve focus by minimizing context switching. Context switching is the mental effort required to switch between different tasks.

[AbdEl-rahmanHamza]

I love you, ali, i'm Abdel Rahman, your follower from Egypt, I have 16 and I learned a lot from you and started making content on TikTok from the information I learned from you, and I see that I resemble you in many things such as the way of thinking, the activities I do, the way I see my future and a lot, I love, man💖❤

[strwbryblondi]

Tip 5 is huge! Took me a while to realize that is far superior to treating different tasks as "breaks" from other types of tasks - just derails. Batching is the way to go

[likandokayombo]

Thank you for sharing how to focus Ali this will really go a long way

[boikanyontsimane]

Been watching your videos for years and I still find the new stuff helpful, thanks Ali!

[isalutfi]

*Yes. Happy as always when the notif came. Thank you Ali for sharing about 5 small changes to supercharge our focus. Keep up! 🍁🌿*

[felipeeliasmiguel]

I was about to read a book... but now Im watching this... its a loop!

[faheyjamestravel.]

This literally happened to me this week. Using YouTube to escape my guilt. It didn’t help. Great video ❤🙌

[AlfhersArchive]

A thing I learned early on thanks to my search for a system for myself to help cope with my inability to properly filter out stimuli around me, I learned it is easier for me to focus on something that I feel more pull towards. For example, I needed to work on my history course final paper, but I felt a larger pull to working on a creative endeavor at the time. By working on the latter first, I found it easier to shift to doing the paper after when I lost the pull or “motivation” to work on the original project. In the past when I did the opposite, I struggled to even work on the paper as well as it took twice as long to work on the assignment as it should have realistically.

[Sjav]

I have trying working on my focusing problem..and with your help I am getting there.. 😂 I really appreciate your work to my academic journey 🇿🇲

[Missjullyke-wbre]

Having a plan is always the best choices. Greate value

[Domgothim_]

You really helped out of my unorganized clutered life and study. Read your book, one of the most amazing book about productivity i ever read. Hates off to you man 🎉😊

[nihalchowdury]

You are one of my favourite YouTubers
your study tips and tricks helped me a lot. Your videos are valuable