Turn Your Phone into a Productivity Machine

Our phones can be amazing but they can also be your worst enemy. As it comes out of the box, your phone is a big distraction — it’s flashy, beautiful and makes a lot of noises that ensure your eyes stay glued to the screen. It’s created to make sure you’re using it as much as possible and everything is placed in a smart way to ensure you become almost a slave to it. However, we now have several tools at our disposal to invert this trend and make our phone a tool that is actually helpful to foster a productive and healthy lifestyle instead of an obsessive one. This video is all about that — 20 things you can change and configure in your phone to regain control. So let’s get started.

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[khalilahd.]

My phone has become my worst enemy definitely love this idea of changing this addictive obsessive device into something more helpful 🙏🏽💛

[TC-lkhu]

The badge thing blew my mind lol, the amount of times I’d go onto my Instagram simply to remove the badge, and then simultaneously get swept up in whatever catches my attention, always hindered my productivity. Great tip!!

[princesspinkblue]

Unlike many other videos with a similar title, this was actually super useful and I learnt a lot of things i didnt know before. Thanks!

[swagatam]

Omg Mariana...have been following you channel for so long andvyour content has grown so much...you are now a pro level productivity hacker..!!

[TeenieMeanie]

Oh my gosh… this was SO HELPFUL. Thank you! Can you go into more detail on the shortcuts? I’d love some step-by-step tutorials for other cool ones to keep me productive! The shortcuts you provided blew my mind. Lol.

[juancervantes]

I switch between android and iPhone regularly, but I've been doing this with both, android digital wellbeing is a good option on Android, I have also removed all the apps that are causing problems for me, such as social media apps... Well only social media apps (except for YouTube). And I have been happier since.

[rajivgupta]

Your growth actually helping our growth 📈 thanks

[gryg]

Thank you so much! I've just disabled the in app reviews and FINALLY found the way to put the cursor where I want during writing!

[aartidamania]

Thanks! :D I’m currently doing a digital detox so this is really helpful!

[VoiceofReasonMonkey]

This is super helpful! Thank you. I just moved to iPhone and want to maximise its usefulness and minimise distractions.

[RollingWithAnn]

just commenting cause i loved the video. hope it helps more people to see it bc of the YT algorithm 🌿 have a wonderful day!

[nishilvy]

Awesome. Very helpful tips. No one talks about these and with this perspective. Thank you. Please make on iPhone 15 as well.

[aida]

OMYGOD Mariana I DO need this to get me off of allowing my phone to keep me distracted!! I've been trying to disconnect but it's not enough, thank you for sharing!!❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼

[sakthisomaskandan]

Very useful tips! Thanks for that! I really need to start using the tools that I have access to already.

[andreacercado]

This video was incredibly helpful and blew my mind lol will definitely use pretty much everything

[sarapoubel]

this video is absolutely the best thing

[manaseetelaang]

Absolutely LOVED this!!!! Followed everything and I am enjoying it thoroughly!

[handle_of_ap]

Very good video Mariana. Especially the trackpad one. It's really helpful for me. Thank you.

[dianaroberti]

*Great video.I'm also a lover of gadgets but also We all strive for financial independence and better life. It’s not difficult in achieving this through the right investment, living frugally and budgeting. I’m glad I learnt early in life to work hard for financial freedom*

[inspiringmorning]

I had tried all the productivity tools and system, but nothing stuck with me!I had tried to do list, calendar, note taking, goal setting, habits, GTD,pomodoro,Evernote,Notion,Asana,Keep,Mindmapping,OneNote,Excel, Word and on and on.I read so many books from Atomic Habits, GTD, Goals by Brian Tracy, you name it.Can you give an advice on this issue? Thanks