Is Your Mind Ruining Your Life? 5 tools to control your mental focus

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Brendan Conway-Smith reveals how the modern world is sabotaging our abilities — and 5 ways we can take back control.

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Metacognition
Cognition crisis
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Be well, be disciplined and do whatever it takes. Lol I love it!

tristanjones

found this account a week ago, love it

dzesikaaa

damn, the sugar example instantly made it clear to me
I used to consume a lot of sugar everyday, especially in my tea because I drink tea daily, but my parents take a lot of care of their health and they always avoid sugar so I tried to copy them, tea without sugar was awful, most of the healthy food they ate was awful.
But I simply kept this no sugar and healthy food diet until a month later I realized now I love healthy food and everything without sugar, I got used to it to the point I now prefer my tea without sugar.
But also I've been struggling mentally, I struggle to get out of bed in the morning and whenever someone tries to wake me up I just yell at them and continue sleeping (usually for 12-15h) even if I have something important to do, even though when i wake up late i always regret it and then spend the whole day procastinating and barely forcing myself to study the exam material crammed up last night before the exam, this has been going on for 4 years.
I don't know what it is but i sure do know I'm addicted to the internet, especially video games and its related youtube content.
So starting from today I'm going to treat the internet like how i treated sugar, cut it until i get used to it and become healthier.
Thanks a lot Brendan for this clear, quick and informative video.
(also funny thing is i clicked on this video then i instantly quit it, but then i realized maybe my brain is doing this because it's uncomfortable from the truth so i clicked on the video again)

sarpolaris

Thanks Brendan. I suffer from all these points and have been searching for help wiht my ADHD. Im a writer and find myself doing a fraction of the creative work I need to from distraction. Your channel is really helpful. Are there any courses you can recomend? Maybe CBT?

niallobrien

Gr8 vid I definitely think we need a digital detox, youtube has always been one of my favorites 😀

ebayposhman

Omg, why didn't this go "viral" !? the quality is insane and you come around so professional. I am happy to get you recommendet.

nonvoloscireme

well, I had stopped using social midea for 6 months as well as, I tried to stay away from all those acitivies fro long period of time, because i wanted to protect my mind from all the addiction, somehow I am again return to my old habit, ugh its like whats wrong with why i am not able to get over it, would you suggest me some ideas

zetr-boy

What a great video you will reach millions one dayi am telling you

fearlessminds

Just waiting for the time in future when this channel will explode with numerous useful contents.. Best wishes to you Mr. Meta-Think

Ifti

but i can't stop using internet, i'm in college for computer science, all my course work requires internet

digitaldritten

Production quality goes nuts, this will blow up at one point for sure.

kircaa

That was great, looking forward to more.

KyleKranz

These steps feel impossible at the point I’m at currently. What would you say to some of the people here that are consuming hours of content each day and aren’t ready to change

SFLACZA

Some blanket stuff though. I work at home and need Inet. I think best advice is to understand our internal mechs that are calling for these cheap stimuli and re-prioritising higher centers that will habituate into long term personality change. i.e. really digging into the self to see when our old and weaker self is attempeting sabotagq, rather than superficial "starvation" techniques. In ways this is a bit text book, and a bit void of the internal changes required to make healthy and proper habits. But some good points of course. My 2 cents, keep the change. "Truth without compassion is cruelty"

vanhill