Full Self-Improvement Course: Level-Up Your Life (A 750k subs 'thank-you')

As a thank-you for reaching 750k subscribers, I've put together some of my videos into a 90-minute course covering some of the most important core principals of self-improvement and highlighting how to avoid the common pitfalls that can hold you back from reaching your maximum potential.

This course has been designed to help you maximise your personal growth as quickly as possible. Each part is a "How to" on a particular topic designed to give you more wisdom in less time.

TIMESTAMPS
0:00:00 - Part 1: How to Avoid Procrastination
0:07:47 - Part 2: How to Stop Overthinking and Overcome Self-Doubt
0:15:28 - Part 3: How to Stop Losing Focus
0:23:28 - Part 4: How to Stop Feeling Anxious About Starting Something New
0:30:50 - Part 5: How to Master Consistency to Achieve Your Goals
0:39:02 - Part 6: How to Build Self-Discipline
0:47:39 - Part 7: How to Build & Develop Resilience
0:56:39 - Part 8: How to Make Yourself Study When You Don't Have Any Motivation
1:05:02 - Part 9: How to Keep Going (Even When You Don’t See Any Results)
1:12:47 - Part 10: How to Study for Exams: Evidence-Based tips
1:21:32 - Part 11: How to Get Out of a Rut, Fast!
1:28:44 - Part 12: How To Plan Your Week Effectively

[TheArtofImprovement]

TIMESTAMPS
0:00:00 - Part 1: How to Avoid Procrastination
0:07:47 - Part 2: How to Stop Overthinking and Overcome Self-Doubt
0:15:28 - Part 3: How to Stop Losing Focus
0:23:28 - Part 4: How to Stop Feeling Anxious About Starting Something New
0:30:50 - Part 5: How to Master Consistency to Achieve Your Goals
0:39:02 - Part 6: How to Build Self-Discipline
0:47:39 - Part 7: How to Build & Develop Resilience
0:56:39 - Part 8: How to Make Yourself Study When You Don't Have Any Motivation
1:05:02 - Part 9: How to Keep Going (Even When You Don’t See Any Results)
1:12:47 - Part 10: How to Study for Exams: Evidence-Based tips
1:21:32 - Part 11: How to Get Out of a Rut, Fast!
1:28:44 - Part 12: How To Plan Your Week Effectively

[alaskajoe]

If people are serious about changing, this video should be in their list of things to do.

[sivasankar]

Full Self-Improvement Guide


What is procrastination?
Procrastination is often a product of fear of failure, the fear of not living upto the hopes of ourselves.
We feel stressed to perform well because we care so deeply about what we do that we create high expectations for ourselves which end up causing anxiety because we are not sure we can meet those expectations.
We become so afraid of not succeeding that we put off the thing we really need to get done until the panic sets in, and ironically, we end up doing a rush job that we are not really proud of.

NOTE: Positive procrastination is still procrastination

How to avoid procrastination?
Step 1: Acknowledge your fear
Step 2: Establish your ‘Why?’
Step 3: Remove all distractions
Step 4: Take immediate action

How to stop overthinking & overcome self-doubt?
Step 1: Change the way we think about our goals (big chunks instead of tiny pieces)
Step 2: Remember that other people are mostly interested in themselves
Step 3: Try meditation
Step 4: Let the buzz of thoughts in your head out onto a page
Step 5: If you can’t journal, talk out loud
Step 6: Embrace your self-doubt
Step 7: Take action right away
Step 8: Repeat, Repeat, Repeat (Self-Doubt Vs Self-Confidence)

How to stop losing focus?
Step 1: Prepare before you begin
Step 2: Write out your to-do list the night before
Step 3: Make sure you get enough sleep
Step 4: Choose a time to work when you’ll be at your most energized
Step 5: Find the right place to work
Step 6: Have a clean work space
Step 7: Turn off distracting electronics
Step 8: Do some breathing exercises & look over to-do list
Step 9: Have a healthy snack & drink nearby
Step 10: Turn on calming sounds in the background
Step 11: Hours & Hours of focused work is unrealistic

How to stop feeling anxious about starting something new?
Fear, anxiety, nervousness are fundamental aspects of life. Our mind tries to protect us by imagining al the horrible possibilites. However, when we let fear control our decisions we can miss out on massive opportunities, growth and potential happiness.

Step 1: Acknowledge it
Step 2: Accept the possibility of failure
Step 3: Don’t pursue success – purse learning
Step 4: Replace your anxiety with something else
Step 5: Cultivate ignorance

How to master consistency to achieve your goals?
Step 1: Make a plan (with details)
Step 2: Create Milestones
Step 3: Actually make time for your goals
Step 4: Only worry about the present moment
Step 5: Stop negotiating with yourself
Step 6: Revisit your goals often
Step 7: Forgive your failures.... and then keep going
Step 8: Do it anyway

How to build self-discipline?
Step 1: Meditation
Step 2: Just work for 15 minutes
Step 3: Do it everyday
Step 4: Break the task into small pieces and do the first thing
Step 5: Countdown from 10
Step 6: Make really good friends who will hold you accountable
Step 7: Have a consistent life

How to build & develop resilience?
Step 1: Be proactive (Don’t let problems fester & grow)
Step 2: Protect your downtime
Step 3: Change your problem about adversity
Step 4: Build relationships
Step 5: Focus on the present
Step 6: Know that life isn’t fair
Step 7: Stay flexible
Step 8: Focus on what you can change
Step 9: Be grateful
Step 10: Practice resilience in the wild

How to make yourself study when you don’t have any motivation?
Step 1: Remember why you study
Step 2: Prepare your environment
Step 3: Change locations
Step 4: Get a study partner or use ‘Study with me’ videos
Step 5: Make studying a game
Step 6: Make your notes pretty
Step 7: Create a cheat sheet
Step 8: Just do the first thing

How to keep going (Even when you don’t see any results)?
Step 1: Set yourself a re-evaluation date
Step 2: Reframe all setbacks & failures as learning experiences
Step 3: Focus on enjoying what you do
Step 4: Celebrate every milestone

Remember that there are lot of things happening under the surface you are not aware of. With consistency & time, you will see results.


How to study for exams (Evidence based tips)?
Active recall is the practice of retrieving information from your brain. Flash cards, Spaced repetition, Interleaving are recommended. Rereading is not as effective as everyone think.

How to get out of a rut, fast?
Acknowledge that ‘You are not fine’. Approach your rut like an addiction. Remember that ‘Motivation follows Action’.

How to plan your week effectively?
“Track the Past, order the Present and design the Future”

Step 1: Take a mental inventory & consider each task individually
Step 2: Time boxing
Step 3: Morning reflection
Step 4: Evening reflection
Step 5: Celebrate

[matthewcrome]

18:00 "Make sure you get enough sleep" *as I watch this at midnight*

[improvingmyself]

Best gift for your subscribers on reaching this landmark couldn't ask more since it has all the essentials. The beauty about this video is it has all the important topics in one package which is enough for anyone at anytime at any situation in their life to overcome any hurdles by watching this video.

[christinemariequigless]

Congratulations! This is huge. In both ways: congrats on the 750k and on this powerful video--you took us to school today. 🎒

[ronyang]

I love how this video allows me to "productively procrastinate" 🤣🤣

[tmclbnk]

As a long time subscriber, I’ve enjoyed your content and have learned so much. Looking forward to hearing about your new service. I’m definitely in! Thumbs up as always 👍

[buk]

Part 9 is my favorite. After losing miserably in a chess tournament I started losing confidence in my chess improvement. This gave me motivation to keep going and learning. Thank you

[TheThora]

Always love your advice! It makes so much sense and is inspiring at the same time. Thank you for doing this for others🌸

[pragatisrivastava]

I was watching another video for self improvement and fell asleep. Woke up to this video playing in the background. Whatever you were saying came in my dreams. I will probably remember this my whole life

[GenAlphaProductions]

Procrastinating isn't the fear of failure for me, it's the fear of what other people will think of me

[faithforgrace]

The fact that this content is free is what makes YouTubers so great. I can't wait to watch this whole video when I have free time!

[Saber]

You deserve it my guy thanks for all your help 🙏❤️

[davidrishtakov]

Your stuff is getting beyond excellent

[Tom-hwbt]

Thankyou so much, this video is extremely helpful for my revision.
I've been searching for motivation to beat procrastination, and this is the one.

[juanitacamacho]

These lessons should be taught in schools as a side class.

[nesalatha]

thank you for the effort you have put in

[paelmchen]

Such great content 🙏 thank you so much for the effort you put in!

[bobcocoach]

Congrats and Thank you so much for all these wise abd practical advises 👍 🤩