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5 BEST Ways to Overcome Laziness _ Scientifically Proven · Motivation study

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  Speaker 1: This video is brought to you by Audible. Where could
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  Speaker 1: you be right now if you weren't so lazy? If
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  Speaker 1: you were not procrastinating so much? Tell me, comment, what
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  Speaker 1: is it that you're really seeking? I get it, you
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  Speaker 1: clicked on this video because you really should be studying
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  Speaker 1: right now but you're feeling lazy again and you're looking, hoping,
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  Speaker 1: So let me get straight to the point. This is
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  Speaker 1: the final episode in an incredible five part series we've
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  Speaker 1: done on motivation to study, helping you to become a
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  Speaker 1: remarkable student. And the scientifically five proven ways to overcome
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  Speaker 1: your laziness that I'm going to talk about are this.
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  Speaker 1: Number one, be clear on what you want. Number two,
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  Speaker 1: approach it with a cool and collected mind. Number three,
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  Speaker 1: challenge yourself to do better every day. Number four, create
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  Speaker 1: a sense of greater purpose and contribution. Number five, build
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  Speaker 1: connections and powerful relationships. And the first of the five
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  Speaker 1: ways that you can conquer your laziness is choose excellence.
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  Speaker 1: The first step is a process that was often used
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  Speaker 1: in neuro-linguistic programming known as modeling excellence. To put it simply,
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  Speaker 1: this is the study of what works, what is excellent
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  Speaker 1: and copying that. There's no need to reinvent the wheel.
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  Speaker 1: And who better than one of the wealthiest men in
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  Speaker 1: the world, a guy that you all probably know called
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  Speaker 1: Warren Buffett. Warren is a prolific investor and has built
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  Speaker 1: a net worth close to almost $ 90 billion. And naturally,
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  Speaker 1: this kind of wealth has given him plenty of admirers.
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  Speaker 1: So what is it that we can learn from him
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  Speaker 1: about overcoming laziness? And the answer is you need to
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  Speaker 1: be clear on what you're getting done every single day,
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  Speaker 1: but also within your lifetime, what matters and what doesn't.
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  Speaker 1: Warren uses a system that I like to call the
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  Speaker 1: 5-25 principle when it comes to setting these goals. I
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  Speaker 1: want you to write down on a piece of paper
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  Speaker 1: 25 life-changing and inspirational goals that you want to complete
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  Speaker 1: before you die. Things that if you could accomplish, you
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  Speaker 1: would really feel like you'd mastered your potential. Once you've
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  Speaker 1: done this, I want you to take a look at
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  Speaker 1: your list. Now your job gets more difficult. Choose from
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  Speaker 1: that list just five that you really want to complete
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  Speaker 1: above all others and circle them. Don't just listen, take action.
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  Speaker 1: And here comes the difficult bit. Everything that you don't
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  Speaker 1: circle but those five, you cross out. That is now
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  Speaker 1: your focus for the rest of your life. Until you
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  Speaker 1: get them done, you don't do anything else. When inspiration
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  Speaker 1: comes from inside, it remains. And when inspiration comes from outside,
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  Speaker 1: it fades. And that's why I'm encouraging you not just
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  Speaker 1: to listen to my voice, but to take action based
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  Speaker 1: on your voice, on your inspiration. This narrowing of your
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  Speaker 1: focus is going to give you the kickstart that you need.
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  Speaker 1: Number two is a calm mind. The next method you
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  Speaker 1: can use is a mindful meditation practice, any that works
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  Speaker 1: for you. And I say this because it's not meditation alone,
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  Speaker 1: but the habit of meditating that builds the benefits. A
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  Speaker 1: 2012 study done by Italian neuroscientist G. Pagnoni found that
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  Speaker 1: meditation not only changes brain patterns, but it also confers
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  Speaker 1: advantages in mental focus that may improve your cognitive performance.
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  Speaker 1: Pagnoni recruited 12 Zen meditators who'd been practicing for at
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  Speaker 1: least three years. He compared them with a control group
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  Speaker 1: of 12 volunteers who'd never meditated but were the same
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  Speaker 1: age and had the same education level as the meditators.
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  Speaker 1: He then put each of them into an MRI machine
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  Speaker 1: to measure how their brain patterns were moving and functioning.
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  Speaker 1: What did he find? Compared to the non-meditators, the meditators
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  Speaker 1: had more stability in what's known as the VPMC, a
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  Speaker 1: region of your brain that's thought to be linked to
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  Speaker 1: spontaneous thoughts and mind wandering. In every test that he
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  Speaker 1: did involving mental focus, the meditators who had a consistent
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  Speaker 1: habit of meditating outperformed the control group on the task.
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  Speaker 1: Number three is choice. Maybe you're not lazy, but you're lost.
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  Speaker 1: A man convinced against his will remains of the same
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  Speaker 1: opinion still. Did you choose to take on this work,
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  Speaker 1: this assignment, even if it was forced on you by
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  Speaker 1: your parents, your friends, your school, college, university? Did you
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  Speaker 1: take some time to make that choice your own? There
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  Speaker 1: is a concept known in the world of psychology called
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  Speaker 1: the locus of control. What we refer to when we
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  Speaker 1: talk about a locus of control in an individual is
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  Speaker 1: something that dictates not just your own laziness, but things
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  Speaker 1: like your attitude, your performance and fulfillment from life. And
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  Speaker 1: what it refers to is an individual's belief system regarding
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  Speaker 1: the causes of his or her experiences, the factors that
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  Speaker 1: attribute to your success or failure. There are two main
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  Speaker 1: types of control, the external locus of control, and an
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  Speaker 1: internal locus of control. And if we take an honest
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  Speaker 1: look at your focus and procrastination today, is it based
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  Speaker 1: on externalized factors or internalized factors? Which one has greater effect?
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  Speaker 1: Which one has greater importance? If a person has an
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  Speaker 1: internal locus of control, that person attributes their success to
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  Speaker 1: his or her own efforts and abilities. On the other hand,
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  Speaker 1: if you have an external locus of control, You're constantly
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  Speaker 1: looking out the window instead of in the mirror. You're
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  Speaker 1: attributing your success or your lack of it to luck, fate,
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  Speaker 1: and therefore it's less likely you're going to put the
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  Speaker 1: effort in. That's not to say that an internal locus
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  Speaker 1: of control is good and an external locus of control
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  Speaker 1: is bad. There are other variables that we have to consider. However,
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  Speaker 1: psychological research has found that people with an internal locus
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  Speaker 1: of control, they tend to be better off in life.
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  Speaker 1: Knowledge is only useful when it's applied. That's only when
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  Speaker 1: it becomes powerful. So what are the factors in your control?
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  Speaker 1: How can you focus more on your internal locus of control?
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  Speaker 1: And be honest with yourself. Where are you letting laziness
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  Speaker 1: creep in again? Where are you falling victim to your
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  Speaker 1: external locus of control? Number four is contribution. When you
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  Speaker 1: think of the jobs that people do, Imagine as being
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  Speaker 1: the most meaningful, what do you think of? Fireman, nurse, midwife, neurosurgeon, teacher.
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  Speaker 1: These are all jobs that help other people in some way.
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  Speaker 1: There's a growing body of evidence that helping others is
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  Speaker 1: a key ingredient for life satisfaction. People who volunteer, for example,
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  Speaker 1: tend to be less depressed and healthier. A randomized study
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  Speaker 1: showing that Performing a random act of kindness makes the
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  Speaker 1: individual giving even happier. And a global survey found that
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  Speaker 1: people who donate to charity are as satisfied with their
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  Speaker 1: lives as those who earn twice as much. So if
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  Speaker 1: you're feeling lazy, instead of trying to find ways to
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  Speaker 1: be more productive, find ways to be more of service.
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  Speaker 1: Growth in one area of your life translates perfectly to
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  Speaker 1: growth in other areas of your life. So give, make
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  Speaker 1: a difference. And the final one, and perhaps the most
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  Speaker 1: important one, are you happy? Seriously, are you happy? Are
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  Speaker 1: you connected with good people and building good relationships? None
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  Speaker 1: of us exist in isolation and the most common regret
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  Speaker 1: of those who are dying is not maintaining good relationships
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  Speaker 1: with good people. You can't do epic things with basic people.
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  Speaker 1: Social connection is the greatest predictor of long-term happiness and
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  Speaker 1: the greatest long-term predictor of success. It's not that success
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  Speaker 1: makes you happy. It's the other way around. Being happy
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  Speaker 1: makes you more successful. I want you to take action
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  Speaker 1: on the videos that you've seen. I want you to
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  Speaker 1: apply this to your own life. And I want to
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  Speaker 1: end with the following quote. Whatever the mind of man
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  Speaker 1: can conceive and believe, he can achieve. Number one, be
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  Speaker 1: clear on what you want. Number two, approach it with
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  Speaker 1: a cool and collected mind. Number three, challenge yourself to
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  Speaker 1: do better every day. Number four, create a sense of
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  Speaker 1: greater purpose and contribution. Number five, build connections and powerful relationships.
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