You're Not Lazy, You're Torturing Yourself (How To Actually Stop)

5 Phone Settings That Save You From Doom Scrolling.

ABOUT ME

Rían Doris is the Co-Founder & CEO of Flow Research Collective, the world’s leading peak performance research and training institute focused on decoding the neuroscience of flow states and helping leaders and their teams unlock flow states consistently. Clients include Accenture, Audi, Facebook, Bain & the US Airforce.

Along with being listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Rian's thought leadership has been featured in Fast Company, PBS and Big Think and he hosts Flow Research Collective Radio, an iTunes top 10 science podcast.

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Rían holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) from Trinity College Dublin, an MSc in Neuroscience at King's College, London and an MBA. Rian is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Birmingham—focusing on how flow states affect perceived meaning in life.
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Prior to co-founding Flow Research Collective with Steven Kotler, Rian worked with NYT Bestselling Author Keith Ferazzi, and 12X NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Dan Siegel, distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.

[riandoris]

Rían here. If you want more flow in your life, you must transform your phone from aToy to a Tool. With this PDF you'll learn how.

[thebuildguy]

You know you’re a true victim of scroll addiction when you start watching how to combat scroll addiction while scrolling through comments :)

[RTchitecture]

The voice from the outer world returns!

[OrhanBurhan-jzhi]

Look at my favorite productivity advisor is dropping his gem again. I hope you will get 1 million as soon as possible. Keep growing my man!

[AlexIambroszki]

Wow! Absolutely mindblowing info. Most people are unaware of this idea/concept. But once you're awake, nothing can stop you from being the best version of yourself.

[MrAimss]

Such an amazing production! This man is here to cure the world.

[Its_Alan_Paul]

Rian
Smartphone addiction is a common issue, but achievers like us know the real deal. You turned a seemingly boring YouTube video topic into something revolutionary. Flow follows focus, and focus is fragile. Treat focus as sacred. Every time you check your phone, you are voting for who controls your attention. Make no mistake, this is a war.

1. Turn off all notifications—no pop-ups, no red dots.
2. Move all messaging apps to an "Inbox" folder and drag it to the last page.
3. Turn off "Raise to Wake" and "Always On Display" (Uff, what a relief!).
4. Remove all app icons and widgets; limit to four apps on the screen maximum.
* (Note: Every app is either an asset or a liability.)
5. Kill the color—turn on grayscale.
6. No phone until noon (Flow before phone).
7. Your phone is a tool, not the other way around.
8. Use a desktop more than your phone.
9. Turn off your phone and put it in another room.

[darkstarphotography]

Dear sir,
I am the Humble DarkStr, i have been watching these videos for a while. Thanks to the systems developed over the past many weeks i have been quietly building my book called " Wheels in Motion" these videos have been heavily instrumental in this creation of this book already `12k words long congratulations

- Humble DarkStar, Master in Training

[kaydeeraths]

Oh man. This is gold. Everyone at work thinks I'm nuts because I leave my phone off in my bag in my cubby and look at it when I leave 🙃 the current problem is we need to authiculate with our phone to get to email and this does my head in!

[lojaine]

Awesome, you articulated the danger and the focus loss that so many people don’t even know we are wasting our life doing nothing! Great reference❤ I will consider all the steps!

[bluwuen]

Legend's back on youtube, I'm glad.

[isabelcbmartins]

Your video brings many points of behavioral change to clarity, reminds me of the book "Switch", by Dan and Chip Heath. Good use of imagery as well, gets the point clearly across!

[pfupjvj]

I have been using the system that this channel promotes from your old videos, and I can say, my life is more in control, it is way better than me 2 months ago, when Im still in my pyschological entropy state, thanks man 🙏

[taqimckinzie]

Rian and the team are always nailing it.

[lornaj]

This guy hijacks my attentions every time a notification pops up 😂😂

[Looking_at_the_viewer]

When we needed him the most he returned ❤️

[ProbablyPeculiar]

Finally this video. I'll try another 3 days and back to this shit phone addiction again. I'm average mobile usages is 13 hrs a day

[fycnjrj]

Looks Like my laptop plays the role of a phone for everyone else 🙂, now applying all of these protocols on my laptop.

[axfanben]

Great and important topic, love the actionable tips!

[NK-The_One]

I hope this can help me. However, even though we often only talk about social media or phone addiction, the problem often extends to unhealthy behaviour on laptops and computers aswell. For example it's so easy to achive the same highs and waste the same amounts of time on youtube and watching shows or what not on the pc.