How to Unlock Your Entire Brain | The Focus Formula

Using science, we can create focus and attention if we understand our brain and how focus works. This is the reason why most people struggle to concentrate, and master their attention. Drawing from the latest research, I’ll show you an easy-to-understand guide to improving your focus and your life

🙏 Thanks for watching!
- Mike and Matty

[rqzway]

“Clarity creates focus, confusion causes procrastination!”

Well said .

[Peacefuel-Topic]

As a person who randomly starts staring at walls while studying, i have a critical question . During a day before exams why does my brain functions 10x faster and better, why does my body compromises all the wordly pleasures, how do i train my brain to do that more often . Please answer this, this would help me in my journey to become a doc like u ❤

[TheBruceKeller]

What helps me the most is getting to work right after I wake up / after my workout. No YouTube or anything before I do a few hours of work. I find that if I do something like YouTube or get on Reddit early in my day, I'm WAY more likely to not have the discipline to stay away. Or at the very least, I'll end up having a hard time being totally focused on my studying. Plus, I think telling myself no YouTube or goofing off right at the beginning of my day creates that mindset and gets the brain into work mode more effectively.

[Nusha]

Whenever I'm low on motivation, I come to this channel. Thanks, Matty! You're helping many people with your profession as a doctor and a YouTuber.

[stefan-eckhart]

Really loved the video!

Here's an AI summary :3

Introduction:

Modern life is full of distractions (social media, email, apps).
Focus is not black and white; it's a spectrum influenced by brain waves.
I learned to master focus by understanding the brain's process.

Focus Formula: *Prepare, Engage, Sustain*:

Prepare:

Focus is a three-part process.
Preparation is crucial for focus.
Clear goals are essential for the prefrontal cortex to suppress unnecessary brain activity.
Clarity creates focus; confusion causes procrastination.
Preparation extends to the environment (tidy workspace, minimal tech distractions).

Engage:

Transition from a relaxed state to the Flow State.
Emotional struggle is linked to the insula (connects emotions to thoughts).
Overcoming emotional discomfort is crucial for sustained focus.
Rituals (like a focus checklist) reduce emotional struggle.
The golden rule of flow involves gradually increasing the challenge to enter a flow state.

Sustain:

Understand the limits of focus (like a muscle, it needs breaks and recovery).
Avoid the mistake of trying to power through long study or work sessions without breaks.
Focus requires recovery; fatigue signals the need for a break.
Ultradian rhythms suggest breaks every 90 minutes on average.
Manage engagement levels; recognize moments of difficulty or boredom.
Reframe challenges positively as part of training attention.
Use the Focus Formula to analyze and correct distractions.

Conclusion:

I refer to the Focus Formula whenever distractions take over.
Training attention is a process involving preparation, engagement, and sustainment.

[NikoNoxmelon]

I’m a person that doesn’t learn a lot from lessons, I don’t take in information quickly and it takes some time to remember, that’s why revising after is key for me.
Your videos give me a better understanding and help me improve my study strategies. Thanks a lot!!

[chocolatecosmos]

I'm glad I got to watch this early and just in time when I wanted to improve my focus in studying for my upcoming major exams. Wish me luck 🤞

[thecclicker]

- [00:14] 🧠 Focus is a spectrum, not black and white. Brain waves transition determine focus levels.
- [01:24] 🎯 Clear goals are crucial for focus. Prepare your mind with a strategy and a to-do list.
- [03:01] 🏊 Engage is transitioning from a relaxed to a Flow State. Establish rituals to reduce emotional struggle.
- [05:49]) ⏰ Sustain focus by understanding its limits. Take breaks every 90 minutes, manage engagement, and recognize negative emotions.
- [08:08]🤹‍♂ The Focus Formula (Prepare, Engage, Sustain) is a process to master attention. Exercises targeting each part can help train focus.

[yishuuii]

Thanks for telling me that training myself can't not be stressing. People make it look really easy so since I feel constantly stressing about the dreadful outcome of me snot studying and also studying and getting nothing good it return, i add more stress to it by thinking I'm just not capable of doing anything cause I'm stressing while others Don't. Which they do, It's good to reminded of that since It's really easy for me to forget that. I'm glad I clicked into this video, really.

[kanishkayadav]

As a fellow engineering student, For the people like me who procrastinate ALOT, start setting a stopwatch on a device and set a goal on how early can you finish a particular portion. While watching pre recorded lectures, i started doing this and it amazed me that i was focused for more hours than what i expected!! I'll recommend not doing this continuously but setting a limit to do it 3 or 5 times a day making sure to put enough time intervals or you'll become a little less productive. Advice: during intervals either switch subjects or do something that is not time bounded, you can also go on a walk but stay away from electronic devices. This gives your brain the required rest and then you can repeat the same process!!❤
Sorry for any grammatical errors:)

[daniellaNicole]

Just putting your phone behind your computer or iPad helps me so much. Just forgetting it’s there. I feel like I am so bored whenever I am on my phone but when I’m supposed to study I find suben random to look at or my brain asks a random question that I MUST know how to solve or do that is great but not when I’m studying suben I don’t want to so just getting a small goal finished is what helps

[randomshorts]

I am constantly distracted 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I reallly needed this video . No amount of thanku is enough.You don't know how much I tried to focus only to be distracted again. I sometimes cry but still no ise. I searched and watched so many videos. I have an important exam coming up. It is difficult for me to focus as I get easily demotivated. I request you to please make a video on how to improve my math skills. Pleasee please I am dealing with severe math fear and anxiety and after so much of hardwork my mind still freezes seeing maths problems. Please please please I sincerely request you to make a video on it please😭😭😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏

[nabyanavelipadhi]

"Clarity creates focus and confusion causes saved a u so much for this amazing information...I needed this from a very long hope i would be able to perform well in the upcoming exams which are within a month....

[paulyurkiv]

Wow, I don't think I've every watched a video on focus that was so clear and practical when talking about how to get focused. Solid 8.5 minutes of my life invested 👏🏼👏🏼

[chiefwakanda]

Wait so what about doing the hardest thing first? Wont gradually working our way up encourage procrastinating and putting off that one hard thing we know we need to do?

[secret-]

Phewww you guys are again on the time with the perfect topic. I literally needed that🤧 right now.

Thank you so much☺️✌️.🙇🙇.

[StromMakeVid]

Hi Mike and Matty i study for a long time and i understand every concept but the challenge for me comes when framing the answer with correct keyword's. How would i fix this

[drpri]

Fellow doctor here.
Thanks a lot Matty for this video❤❤
My mind flutters a lot in between study sessions.
I've been using a study timer for pomodoro sessions. It helped me a lot by boosting my confidence.

[physiotherapyinsider]

You guys are doing great and make me understand it in a precise way and very effective at the same time.

[broonbro]

I was searching for the exact same thing from the past 3 days
thx!!