How I'm Learning To Think Clearly

[kycklingpankaka]

Recent years i’ve Been listening to music all the time and came to a conclusion that it makes me not being able to process my toughts

[MrDnice]

"Society is full of people who have a very surface level understanding of often times very strong opinions"
Facts

[yolanankaine]

I spent a good portion of the introduction just saying “Yeap, that’s me. Yes, yes yes, me too”. It’s soo comforting to know I am not alone in the struggle to collect my scattered thoughts together and communicate my ideas. Whenever I reflect on conversations afterwards, I become increasingly anxious that I came off dumb-witted, naive, and unknowledgeable. Effective communication is truly a sort of alchemy that transforms chaos into words. I want to perfect this skill and feel more confident when speaking. Thank you for sharing your personal hurdles and how you overcame them.

[masscreationbroadcasts]

0:00 The frustration.
2:53 What Contributes to the Problem 1 - Short form media
5:00 Contribution 2 - Getting The End Results
6:23 Contribution 3 - Adopting Opinions instead of Evaluating Them
8:15 Part of the Solution 1 - Asking yourself pushbacks
9:51 Contribution 4 - The Relation between your Inputs and Outputs
11:31 Forms of output
12:21 Solution 2 - What forms of processing do you do?
13:50 Solution 3 - How to output
14:24 Solution 4 - Mock presentation in front of fake audiences
15:25 Solution 5 - Writing, its benefits and revisiting writing
16:25 Engaging with full texts and the structure of what happens when you reason
17:25 Solution 6 - Rehearsing information from books orally
19:26 Solution 7 - Reducing Short form content consumption.
21:02 Solution 8 - Diet and daily eating structure (food log)

I found both more problems that you said and more solutions / exercises than you listed.

[yuvaldemayo]

seeing you also practicing coherency and fluency by speaking slowly and choosing each following word carefully, makes your content very relatable!

[co]

In college I heard about communication majors
I thought that was stupid. Everyone can talk
30 years later I’ve realized that communication really is a skill
And now I practice
I drive and talk out loud, work out in a loud gym and repeat phrases I hear through my ear phones, walk and talk to myself.
Man, I’m glad I’m not the only one who has to practice speaking

[jamiealabin]

1. output more
2. read full-length articles/listen to long speeches/dialogues
3. reduce short form consumption
4. improve diet

decrease input! increase output!

[elieh.studio]

One thing I noticed that helps a lot in removing brain fog is sleep, regular and full sleep at night. It also seems trivial and overstated but it really is a big factor of brain clogging.

[Vlavily]

It's been almost 2.5 years since I stopped using Instagram and other social media platforms to interact with others. I still use social media for entertainment, but I've come to realize it's not good for my brain. It distracts me and makes it hard to concentrate. So, I believe it's time to quit social media, regain my focus, and delve into meaningful activities rather than aimlessly scrolling. I need to take control of my life to achieve my unfinished goals.

[kieranmaciel]

Time stamps for returning viewers:
Problem 1: 2:54
Problem 2: 6:25
Problem 3: 9:51
Solution 1: 13:50
Solution 2: 16:25
Solution 3: 19:26
Solution 4: 21:02

[stronkloli]

1. we hastily adopt opinions instead of evaluating them
2. to bring clarity: meaningful form of output - conversation, journaling, writing, video, audio, teaching
3. what chances are u giving yourself to process the different levels of input you're engaging with?
4. mock presentation in front of a fake audience
5. after each capter of a book, rehearse the info your read (voice memo u can listen to later)
6. find people you want to think like and listen to them
7. reduce the amount of short term content you cnsume (have a few ideas that u rly understand in high res)
8. dont eat carbs until early afternoon
☆ be watchful of what u input into ur brain and bodies
☆ engage in some sort of output

[Adrian-jkeo]

It's comforting knowing that a lot of people are going through the same dilemma I'm dealing with. When I'd be trying to pay attention to a lecture in school, I could recognize my brain wandering. I made it a goal for myself to be able to go to class without trying to scroll through the internet in the middle of it, or excuse myself to go to the washroom. I've always tried to learn by attempting to concentrate when I'm reading or listening in class. It turns out a major thing I lack is an outlet to output that information. I still haven't been able to achieve that goal, but after watching this, I feel like I'm at least able to understand more clearly why I can't focus and what I can do to fix it.

[thefunteacher]

I got diagnosed with ADHD in my mid twenties. I somehow thought that I would magically become more articulated afterward being put on medication. Even though the medication helped me focus my thoughts more. I still couldn’t find the precise words to convey my thoughts effectively. It’s so frustrating because when I tell others that I struggle with articulation, they always brush me off and sometimes even tell me that I’m already too articulate. The feedback meant that I spoke too much and failed to get the point across effectively.
Thank you so much for your videos. I hate sounding dumb and struggling to speak properly.
I hope to become as good as speaking as you someday

[mamoth]

How is your channel so underrated is beyond me

[JennWatson]

I just bought a journal at age 63!
I really hope it helps organize my brain 🧠
Great episode, thank you!

[zachfinemusic]

7:02 I respect how much he has worked on his control with filler words. He allowed for pause without the proverbial “ah, Um, you know” etc. great job

[meldwinvisleno]

This is huge. I've always wondered why I cannot seem to think through things that I encounter everyday nor articulate the thoughts in my mind with clarity so I can truly relate with you sir. Thank you for this insightful video.

[ufo]

I've been struggling with brain fog and unclear thoughts for a few years now, and I relate a lot to what you say. I was a very smart kid, 2 years in advance at schools, and never had trouble with thinking, speaking or learning. It all changed 2 and half years ago when I had an intership in a foreign country. I've never know what happened exactly at this time, but in a very short amount of time it felt like I had just become brain dead. I was very depressed, was eating a lot of sugars, not doing any kind of sports, and my memory and ability to express went down dramatically. When I came back from my 3 months internship, I couldn't watch an anime because I would forget what had happened in the previous episode. I then came back to class, and for the first month there, I would lose focus 5 seconds after the teacher started speaking.
It's taken a lot of time to build back gradually to a normal level of processing information and thinking. One thing that did help me a lot is creatine (sports supplement known to improve depression symptoms and brain energy). I thought thorougly about it, and came to the same conclusion as you do: I don't output nearly as much as when I was younger. I used to have a lot of projets, read books, have debates with everyone I could, and it felt so great to use my brain for difficult stuff.
I also took a look at my diet and realised that carbs give me a lot of brain fog. I journaled to try to remember what happened during the day.


I'm glad we came to a lot of similar conclusions. Thanks a lot for this vid, it's good to feel like I'm not crazy for struggling with this. Wish you the best.

[perfectdig]

I totally agree with the fact that long form content is better for you to learn to process information effectively. My ability to process information significantly increased when I switched from watching youtube shorts all day to podcasts. It gave me so much more clarity on what was actually going on behind the opinion or fact that I was presented in the short form. Because of this I was able to portray and defend my idea on a topic a lot more effectively.

[flhtgbt]

its been a long time since I found so much value in the content. I really appreciate this.