YES! I always knew that this was not only happening to me, because I have also noticed that it closely resembles browsing TikTok endlessly. It's like the audio version of that, because obviously it gives you a dopamine spike, and it leads you to not only seeking for more like in watching short form content, but it also makes you skip to the best part of that song because it gives you the most stimulation. I have experienced this many times already, including the ones I was not aware of. Last occurence was a while ago. However I have also now been combating this instant gratification activity with some solutions I developed from myself.
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.
Exactly! I have noticed a lot of people tend to speed up videos where the host is speaking slowly just to get through it faster. No wonder that nothing can be retained from that. The consumption overload is really fogging the brain and seeing someone speak so clearly and slowly without any artificial hype is very relaxing and nice to listen to.
I was thinking the same thing because I do the same thing. I actually started making youtube videos like this but then stopped because the people I showed it to at the time all told me that I need to stop taking pauses and speaking like that which felt alien to me and it put me off.. but now I'm going to get back on it and get to being a creator again!
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.
@@mohammedgaffoor7046not really this comment he made is for himself not for us it was your choice to use this. As Tsar said writing down helps and that's what the commentator did he wrote important points for himself not for us.
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
i’ve come to this realization about the importance of communication and i realized it’s right behind our basic necessities n the pecking order. communication is how we live our lives whether verbally physically or emotionally we are constantly communicating
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.
True. I live in the apartment and have a crazy neighbor who slams doors and throws kitchen utensils at 2-6am when I am supposed to sleep deeply. I wish I could sleep 8 hours straight without waking up in the middle. I hoped that she gets kicked out, but the manager thinks that she acts because she has depression and does not wish to kick her out from this 46 unit apartment.
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.
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
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.
At least you are participating classes and some tech bros think that is waste of time. I think greatest think is to be idiot and not try to go outside the matrix with self. In these times it is special to be idiot because that just means you don't have specialized knowledge and you are just the "common person". Everyone wants to be "not like the other girls" and that alienates us. That is pretty much philosopher Byung-Chul Han's take on hyperculture
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
@@LM_semper_fidelis If I may? That's very rude. A lot of adults have ADHD have different experiences (even all over the world in this case) that for a doctor, counselor, or anyone working with anyone from a mental health and/or medical basis would understand diagnosis and any conclusions aren't solely based on unobservable and noncontextual placed symptoms. Plus. Unless you're saying this person's doctor isn't doing his or her job, being on medication obviously was necessary for something ADHD related. ADHD (with any executive functioning issue) does influence verbal articulation impulses-like talking to much and/or blurting out things. It's very hard to articulate anything with executive problems because the attention span and attention in general is so all over the place (to various degrees) and emotional regulation out of wack that ADHD persons are more focused on trying to communicate with others (multitasking) than having the ability to listen (not hear) what the other person has said. Plus. Many adults with ADHD were diagnosed as children. If you're a doctor or counselor, I'm heavy surprised that you'd miss out on all the factors involved that would justify a person having ADHD especially, and especially, when they take medication for it.
You've made me realize that my entire youtube channel is essentially just video journals attempting to clarify my thoughts on topics, and then framing it in a way to provide value to others as a by-product. Though my own clarification of thought is the primary goal. Fascinating
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.
Relatable. As a kid I used to be very smart, and used to be able to understand and express ideas to people that were at a higher level than my peers. I'm not saying I was the smartest, but definitely not the dumbest, which is what I often I feel nowadays.
the fact that am not the only one struggling with this make me feel certain i can overcome this.There will be time where i don’t even want to speak because my mouth can’t grasp a single word my brain is trying to give it to articulate. literally I want to overcome this problem, really do
@@Live_for_God123 Me too buddy we got this! This video really does provide golden information we can use to fix this. This video confirmed a lot of the conclusions I already had, the biggest one for me is to stop mindlessly scrolling and listening to random RUclips videos all my free time. Finding outputs is a great idea but I think that even just slowing down the day and being okay being bored is one of the best things we can do. A quiet walk/drive, meditation, quiet shower. All these things will help us think through our problems, circumstances or just life in general. A lot of times we’ll be daydreaming about space traveling but these very day dreaming thoughts are putting together the information inside our head in a much neat way to reduce brain fog
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.
Even while watching this video I felt the urge to check the comments, make the playback speed x2. And then an ad comes in the middle of a phrase. Those ads are often sad, heartbreaking ads about charity. The emotional and mental rollercoaster of social media is on a different level.
lemme add my terrible habit to the ones you already listed....me watching this video for about a minute, then proceeding to open another tab and opening youtube, so that i can scroll through all the thumbnails while i listen to this video, to decide which video to watch next.
i dont think enough people are stressing this. but its true, you surpass jordan peterson's level of clarity and the practicality of your said ideas are insanely high. i like how you dont take the conventional routes in explaining topics like these, most people just talk in a "motivational" vibe and say "practise daily" etc etc but mostly they never talk about the deep internal mechanisms of things like you did. im not sure you realize, but this video was a masterpiece. i dont even comment that much, but you made me do it. thanks, you're absolute brilliant and it really makes me happy that there are people like you on this level of clarity of thinking and this much indepth knowledge about human thinkings and how things work in general.
@@DonaldFranciszekTusk i dont watch all of his videos, just a few old ones, on life advice and things alike. the advices he gave were the realest ive ever heard imo. i know alot about motivational speakers but he was different, he actually knew the reality of people and gave realistic advices which i could implement right now. that's why i admire peterson. im not updated on why exactly people are going against peterson though
Finally I found this video. I thought that I am stupid to be honest. I was always talking about irrelevant things , which makes me feel I am stupid I hated myself. Thank you that was informative,❤
Actually, I thought I was the only one who is unfocused, now I know it’s a common problem in the society due to the wrong usage of social media. I really appreciate your content I’d try my possible best to improve
Your second point is extremely important and fresh. People are now taking in the “top crisp” of information, without any depth underlying it. The epidemic of parroting is extremely real, and I am currently trying to unravel my own tendency to skim over things. I think another important thing because I feel like I struggle particularly with retention and digesting info is slowing down, so when reading something, especially something that’s more complex I just really take my time. I’d rather read a paragraph a 100 times and understand it than 1 time and not. Great video man! Really made me feel heard in a lot of ways!
this is a phenomenon that i have not been able to articulate for years. Thank you for this. Listening is a breath of fresh air as if i’m folding some of the mental laundry you mentioned.
so relatable i remember many times where i found an extremely valuable piece of information, and knew i had to sit there and digest it, but instead got distracted and did something else that was dopamine filling
Personally, you're my most relatable RUclipsr. I've subscribed, hit the notification button, I'm currently binge watching your videos, and I'm sharing them to all my friends that could benefit a thing or two. Sharing your videos alone has set in motion conversations in my DMs I never I could bring to the table. Thank you!
It's so refreshing to watch your videos! I love how clearly you articulate your thoughts. With the over-saturation of content nowadays, I find my attention jumping around different media/concepts without processing or investing in them for a good amount of time. I hope to gradually implement the ideas you mentioned into my everyday life. Keep up the great work! :D
This is just brilliant - how do you not have more subscribers? This was a lot of food for thought and has encouraged me to get back into journaling and writing. I consume way too much short form content, I love this. Keep it up dude
I'm thrilled to have found your channel! All my life ( I'm 65 ) I have had a fervent love for learning and a thirst for knowledge. Books were my main source in obtaining knowledge, ideas and information before the advent of the internet. It's easy and enjoyable to feast on the "Reader's Digest" version of the whole book in content on you tube and other platforms that I've gotten lazy and found myself in the shallow understanding predicament you described. This has been so helpful. Thank you!
I’ve never felt more heard and like I was being spoken to directly than in your introduction. I related to this so much and it’s so comforting to know that other people struggle with the same thing. Thank you for this video
You just gained a subscriber . You reassured me that the path that I’m currently on is the right path. 100% agree with everything you said. Thank you sir!
This is by far the one channel that has successfully helped me with my problem of being unable to articulate my ideas in conversation and in writing. I too suffer from a foggy brain and do not always know how to put my ideas across when i engage others in debates or simple dialogue , this video was definitely an eye opener and i will be sure to exercise and practice with the tips you gave. Thank you so much
Thank you! I starting to listen to your videos now days as part of my morning routine and i can see most of the ideas you present are very accurate and adaptable.
just to let you know, you can communicate and get your point across flawlessly now so im hoping there is some hope for me. being unable to think clearly has been something i have been struggling for a long time and it has hindered and obstructed everything and every part of my life. being unable to keep a conversation going because i can't think clearly is a HUGE pain so it led to me isolating myself which then worsened my depression and skyrocketed my anxiety which also fucked with everything else. coming across your videos has given me insight on how to clearly fix and improve on this sort of issue. since my university has just started up, im hoping this makes a difference. it's nice to see someone clearly explain this issue and concisely provide solutions to these problems. thanks man🙂
This is a great content. Thank you for taking your time to emphasize on the biggest issue in society today. Really appreciate your work and experiments performed to educate more on this. Great content 👍 and please keep continuing. These lessons and experiences are truly priceless ❤
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.
You're very articulate. I enjoy your ability to process and convey this information. You have identified issues with social interactions and opinions I had not realized I was noticing.
Uhh I'm so glad i came across this video, For my whole life I've been struggling with this thing and while listening to you i can totally relate to it , nd it's kinda comforting that I'm not the only one going through this. Tysm for talking on this topic.
JOSEPH, I AM EXTRAORDINARILY GRATEFUL TO YOU & HAPPY THAT I FOUND YOU! YOU SO BEAUTIUFULY ARTICULATE MY INTERNAL STRUGGLES WITH MY INABLITIY TO COMMICATE MY THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, IDEAS, & OPINIONS. YOU HAVE HELPED ME TO REALIZE THAT I AM NOT ALONE. MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE TOOLS TO TRANSCEND MY INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS! THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!
Man, i am currently fall into the same situation as yours. I used to perform well in my academic journey, but when I am at the beginning stage of my career, I felt overwhelm because the amount of information that I can not deliver/ absorb, I felt that I am having a fog. Thank you for showing me that I am not alone 👍
I'm preparing for a presentation and I found this channel. I found gold! Helps me build a frame work for learning languages... I'm leveling up my sign language skill and I love that I found this channel.
You totally resonated my thoughts.. I have been thinking about this in the past 5 months & have been consciously applying what you said. Thanks for sharing things with a new perspective
Wow, This video is great! You described mental fog, and how information overload can overstimulate our thought process since we are not focusing on a singular concept. What was most powerful for me is when you mentioned that many times people get stuck in their thoughts because they haven’t conducted further research, so their thoughts or opinions only go as far as the short snippet that they were originally exposed to. If we desire to become a clear thinker we must be clear information processors. We must recite what we are learning consistently. We can also speak, listen and write.
This is a great video on an extremely important topic. The things we as people crave the most are structure, clarity and certainty. And that's exactly why we adore people who are well articulated so much. It just feels sooo nice to be clear and well structured on any topic. And it is also very important to be able to fully understand ourselves and see things for what they really are. Thank you for bringing more awareness to this modern problem!
I want to thank you so much for your videos. After a TBI over a decade ago, I have never recovered the mental clarity I used to have and felt like my brain couldn’t fully recover. Yet, part of me knew that the things you listed were preventing me from thinking clearly again. Thank you for helping me feel empowered and validated about these issues, and for offering helpful suggestions for overcoming them.
Man this content is life changing! You nail it from the beginning to the end. Thank you so much for the clarification, I'll start put it in practice today.
I’ve been reading through my responses to emails the way that comes naturally then analyzing it, replacing worn out words with more concise choices. This has become my daily practice
One of the best things I started doing to move past the kind of laissez faire consumption of content that I never did anything with was keeping an annotated bibliography of everything I read. Nothing crazy: just the citation and a few paragraphs (sometimes one!) with a summary, some quotes, and some answers to a list of general questions I keep to create understanding. Doing so has stimulated and incentivized more and deeper engaged reading of material of interest; encouraged me to ask better questions about the context of the knowledge I’m acquiring; helped me remember and make connections between information; helped generate new ideas; and served as the foundation of more outward facing writing of my own-everything from emails to cover letters to grant applications. And all of THAT has had the downstream effect of raising my own standard for baseline comprehension and learning such that I’m not really satisfied with the superficial knowledge whose detrimental impacts this video is so much about. So track your shit! It’s a VERY high-return practice.
This video, as well as this channel, is one of the most valuable resources on the internet. Thank you Joseph. I just had a huge breakthrough in understanding myself. I realized the reason for the gap between my mental clarity and articulate speech is my underlying goal in communication. I've been trying to convince and force others to agree with my perspective. This makes me more emotional and less coherent with my words. What a valuable insight I've gained! My intention and decision going forward is to only express my truth as clearly and articulately as it pleases me, to speak in harmony, and without any attachment to being agreed with, and finally, to respect different perspectives. I look forward to integrating this and seeing the effects.
I recently started a RUclips channel and noticed people only watch 15secs of my RUclips shorts!! That was crazyyyy to me. A RUclips short is only 1 min!!! 1 min and people can’t even sit through that! This video made a lot of sense to me, saved it and will be listening to it over and over again! I believe mental clarity is key to your personal development and it is something I work on a lot! I hope to learn more to create helpful content such as this and connect with other liked minded people. Great video!! 👏
Joseph thank you for this video. You have summarized in full detail my thoughts and emotions on articulation and brain fog WOW. You express yourself incredibly, I can’t imagine how you were before but it’s inspiring to hear that it’s an aptitude you can improve upon. Thanks 🙏🏼
Man this is good. Thank you so much for sharing your tips. I’m going to take this to heart and really focus on these tips to help me personally. Really appreciate you
Holy crap dude, you sound just like me. And my memory has always been terrible. trying to remember things is like trying to put together an outfit in pitch black dark. Now, I am older than the internet, social media, etc, and grew up without a TV so I can't totally lay the blame at the feet of those media.
Thank you for your help! Graduate school has been really hard for me I think being conscious of my focus and guiding it in the way you described is going to make me stronger in my field 💫🌟
The first 10 seconds of this video described exactly what I’m going through right now. Yesterday night i randomly i regained consciousness and realised that I’ve been living my life on auto pilot without being able to regulate my thoughts. I even wrote to myself cause I don’t even know if i’ll ever go back to that state of mind,It’s frightening sometimes.
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!
Great content. I really appreciate the hollistic approach you took to the topic. I can relate - carbs work the same way for me so that was a valuable reminder to avoid them in the morning! Low-carb breakfast is a way to start the day for me🔥
Thanks for sharing. This was very insightful. You obviously have mage significant strides in ordering your thoughts and articulation of them. Great work 👍🏿👍🏿
"Society is full of people who have a very surface level understanding of often times very strong opinions"
Facts
its an issue
Gender critical and anti trans people
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
it's just another distraction
I agree
Now that you've said it, I noticed it happening to me too
YES! I always knew that this was not only happening to me, because I have also noticed that it closely resembles browsing TikTok endlessly. It's like the audio version of that, because obviously it gives you a dopamine spike, and it leads you to not only seeking for more like in watching short form content, but it also makes you skip to the best part of that song because it gives you the most stimulation. I have experienced this many times already, including the ones I was not aware of. Last occurence was a while ago. However I have also now been combating this instant gratification activity with some solutions I developed from myself.
Totally agree!
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.
Can't agree more
Ditto
Seems like you’re me
Yes yes yes yes 😂 literally me before checking comments .. but its chaotic being like this mentally but music helps
I feel so seen right now
seeing you also practicing coherency and fluency by speaking slowly and choosing each following word carefully, makes your content very relatable!
Exactly! I have noticed a lot of people tend to speed up videos where the host is speaking slowly just to get through it faster. No wonder that nothing can be retained from that. The consumption overload is really fogging the brain and seeing someone speak so clearly and slowly without any artificial hype is very relaxing and nice to listen to.
I was thinking the same thing because I do the same thing. I actually started making youtube videos like this but then stopped because the people I showed it to at the time all told me that I need to stop taking pauses and speaking like that which felt alien to me and it put me off.. but now I'm going to get back on it and get to being a creator again!
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.
thank you
Thanks, I love it when people do stuff like this lol
(I'm trying to get an idea from the comments of if this video is relevant to me xD)
I see this as part of the problem he spoke about in the video
@@mohammedgaffoor7046not really this comment he made is for himself not for us it was your choice to use this. As Tsar said writing down helps and that's what the commentator did he wrote important points for himself not for us.
Thanks, I'm not watching this mf blab for 25 minutes
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
i’ve come to this realization about the importance of communication and i realized it’s right behind our basic necessities n the pecking order. communication is how we live our lives whether verbally physically or emotionally we are constantly communicating
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.
True. I live in the apartment and have a crazy neighbor who slams doors and throws kitchen utensils at 2-6am when I am supposed to sleep deeply. I wish I could sleep 8 hours straight without waking up in the middle. I hoped that she gets kicked out, but the manager thinks that she acts because she has depression and does not wish to kick her out from this 46 unit apartment.
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.
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
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
Thanks!
Thank you:)
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.
At least you are participating classes and some tech bros think that is waste of time. I think greatest think is to be idiot and not try to go outside the matrix with self. In these times it is special to be idiot because that just means you don't have specialized knowledge and you are just the "common person". Everyone wants to be "not like the other girls" and that alienates us. That is pretty much philosopher Byung-Chul Han's take on hyperculture
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
thanks for the stamps.
Comments like these are exactly what he is talking about. Why do you need time stamps to get to the point? Just watch the whole video.
@@zLcss you’re right, no practical use for bookmarks. Forgot what page I was on? Just read the whole book again! Notes? Who needs em!
one shoes dont fit all@@zLcss , and I think its stupid to argue that some might need a bookmark or not.
this is exactly the problem
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
Hi! As for me - you sound like a person without ADHD. I've been working a lot with children with ADHD.
@@LM_semper_fidelis If I may? That's very rude. A lot of adults have ADHD have different experiences (even all over the world in this case) that for a doctor, counselor, or anyone working with anyone from a mental health and/or medical basis would understand diagnosis and any conclusions aren't solely based on unobservable and noncontextual placed symptoms. Plus. Unless you're saying this person's doctor isn't doing his or her job, being on medication obviously was necessary for something ADHD related. ADHD (with any executive functioning issue) does influence verbal articulation impulses-like talking to much and/or blurting out things. It's very hard to articulate anything with executive problems because the attention span and attention in general is so all over the place (to various degrees) and emotional regulation out of wack that ADHD persons are more focused on trying to communicate with others (multitasking) than having the ability to listen (not hear) what the other person has said.
Plus. Many adults with ADHD were diagnosed as children. If you're a doctor or counselor, I'm heavy surprised that you'd miss out on all the factors involved that would justify a person having ADHD especially, and especially, when they take medication for it.
How you treat that I also find difficulty in thinking and not getting words to convey my thoughts
How is your channel so underrated is beyond me
This channel is not even rated
@@jelly.17holy shit dude I 100% agree with your thought process it's like the exact same way I think
A video about cutting down on short form content and distractions probably makes the YT algo angry.
It’s about to blow up!
@@jelly.17 then you'll die one day and all will become meaningless.
You've made me realize that my entire youtube channel is essentially just video journals attempting to clarify my thoughts on topics, and then framing it in a way to provide value to others as a by-product. Though my own clarification of thought is the primary goal. Fascinating
I just bought a journal at age 63!
I really hope it helps organize my brain 🧠
Great episode, thank you!
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.
I’m just gonna comment to come back here again when I’m confused.
Relatable. As a kid I used to be very smart, and used to be able to understand and express ideas to people that were at a higher level than my peers. I'm not saying I was the smartest, but definitely not the dumbest, which is what I often I feel nowadays.
the fact that am not the only one struggling with this make me feel certain i can overcome this.There will be time where i don’t even want to speak because my mouth can’t grasp a single word my brain is trying to give it to articulate. literally I want to overcome this problem, really do
@@Live_for_God123 Me too buddy we got this! This video really does provide golden information we can use to fix this.
This video confirmed a lot of the conclusions I already had, the biggest one for me is to stop mindlessly scrolling and listening to random RUclips videos all my free time. Finding outputs is a great idea but I think that even just slowing down the day and being okay being bored is one of the best things we can do. A quiet walk/drive, meditation, quiet shower. All these things will help us think through our problems, circumstances or just life in general. A lot of times we’ll be daydreaming about space traveling but these very day dreaming thoughts are putting together the information inside our head in a much neat way to reduce brain fog
Can you please tell me how you overcome it in detail😭😭😭
When he said “my thoughts go into a rabbit hole” I hit that subscribe button. So happy I’ve found this channel 🙏🏿
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.
Even while watching this video I felt the urge to check the comments, make the playback speed x2. And then an ad comes in the middle of a phrase. Those ads are often sad, heartbreaking ads about charity. The emotional and mental rollercoaster of social media is on a different level.
Your awareness is your power to change that and use the tool instead of the tool using you.
lemme add my terrible habit to the ones you already listed....me watching this video for about a minute, then proceeding to open another tab and opening youtube, so that i can scroll through all the thumbnails while i listen to this video, to decide which video to watch next.
i dont think enough people are stressing this. but its true, you surpass jordan peterson's level of clarity and the practicality of your said ideas are insanely high. i like how you dont take the conventional routes in explaining topics like these, most people just talk in a "motivational" vibe and say "practise daily" etc etc but mostly they never talk about the deep internal mechanisms of things like you did. im not sure you realize, but this video was a masterpiece. i dont even comment that much, but you made me do it. thanks, you're absolute brilliant and it really makes me happy that there are people like you on this level of clarity of thinking and this much indepth knowledge about human thinkings and how things work in general.
i think a lot of people have greater clarity than jordan peterson
Don't you idolise him when he doesn't refer to any sources? Isn't it short-time content?
Comments sounds a bit ironic.
@@DonaldFranciszekTusk i dont watch all of his videos, just a few old ones, on life advice and things alike. the advices he gave were the realest ive ever heard imo. i know alot about motivational speakers but he was different, he actually knew the reality of people and gave realistic advices which i could implement right now. that's why i admire peterson. im not updated on why exactly people are going against peterson though
@@68plus1. ok
Jordan Peterson is a clown he’s a fraud.
Finally I found this video. I thought that I am stupid to be honest. I was always talking about irrelevant things , which makes me feel I am stupid I hated myself. Thank you that was informative,❤
Actually, I thought I was the only one who is unfocused, now I know it’s a common problem in the society due to the wrong usage of social media. I really appreciate your content I’d try my possible best to improve
Your second point is extremely important and fresh. People are now taking in the “top crisp” of information, without any depth underlying it. The epidemic of parroting is extremely real, and I am currently trying to unravel my own tendency to skim over things.
I think another important thing because I feel like I struggle particularly with retention and digesting info is slowing down, so when reading something, especially something that’s more complex I just really take my time. I’d rather read a paragraph a 100 times and understand it than 1 time and not.
Great video man! Really made me feel heard in a lot of ways!
this is a phenomenon that i have not been able to articulate for years. Thank you for this. Listening is a breath of fresh air as if i’m folding some of the mental laundry you mentioned.
10:27-13:49 Need of an output of ideas
10:54 Conversation as an output
14:29 "Mock presentation"
15:50 Writing of same topic
so relatable
i remember many times where i found an extremely valuable piece of information, and knew i had to sit there and digest it, but instead got distracted and did something else that was dopamine filling
Personally, you're my most relatable RUclipsr. I've subscribed, hit the notification button, I'm currently binge watching your videos, and I'm sharing them to all my friends that could benefit a thing or two.
Sharing your videos alone has set in motion conversations in my DMs I never I could bring to the table.
Thank you!
Bro I appreciate the work you put into these videos. I'm in this space and I know it's a lot of work. I hope this pays off for you. Keep it up 💪🏽💯
Intellectual honesty + meticulous introspection. Good work, chief! 👏
It's so refreshing to watch your videos! I love how clearly you articulate your thoughts. With the over-saturation of content nowadays, I find my attention jumping around different media/concepts without processing or investing in them for a good amount of time. I hope to gradually implement the ideas you mentioned into my everyday life. Keep up the great work! :D
This video is exactly what I'm going through, thank you for making this video Joseph.
Good Insight. Food for thought. Thank you Joseph :)
Meaningful interaction is so much more powerful than we tend to think most of the time. Thanks!
I love how articulate you were and your points were sooo valid❤ thank you for this value .
I've been struggling with this issue as of late. I just found the channel, but it's definitely one of my faves already. A ton of insight here.
Holy shit, your first description is exactly me now, and where you are now is where I need to be. Thank you so much for this video.
This is just brilliant - how do you not have more subscribers? This was a lot of food for thought and has encouraged me to get back into journaling and writing. I consume way too much short form content, I love this. Keep it up dude
I'm thrilled to have found your channel! All my life ( I'm 65 ) I have had a fervent love for learning and a thirst for knowledge. Books were my main source in obtaining knowledge, ideas and information before the advent of the internet. It's easy and enjoyable to feast on the "Reader's Digest" version of the whole book in content on you tube and other platforms that I've gotten lazy and found myself in the shallow understanding predicament you described. This has been so helpful. Thank you!
I’ve never felt more heard and like I was being spoken to directly than in your introduction. I related to this so much and it’s so comforting to know that other people struggle with the same thing. Thank you for this video
You just gained a subscriber . You reassured me that the path that I’m currently on is the right path. 100% agree with everything you said. Thank you sir!
I’m in awe of your level of dedication to improving your thinking skills.
This is divine. Thank you for your contribution.
This is by far the one channel that has successfully helped me with my problem of being unable to articulate my ideas in conversation and in writing. I too suffer from a foggy brain and do not always know how to put my ideas across when i engage others in debates or simple dialogue , this video was definitely an eye opener and i will be sure to exercise and practice with the tips you gave. Thank you so much
Thank you! I starting to listen to your videos now days as part of my morning routine and i can see most of the ideas you present are very accurate and adaptable.
Seeing the effort you are making to apply the things you're saying is quite encouraging. Thank you for being real
One of the best videos I’ve seen in a while- Im actually inspired. This is what I needed, thank you 🙏🏻
I’m so glad I’ve come across your channel!! Thank you for doing what you do!
just to let you know, you can communicate and get your point across flawlessly now so im hoping there is some hope for me. being unable to think clearly has been something i have been struggling for a long time and it has hindered and obstructed everything and every part of my life. being unable to keep a conversation going because i can't think clearly is a HUGE pain so it led to me isolating myself which then worsened my depression and skyrocketed my anxiety which also fucked with everything else. coming across your videos has given me insight on how to clearly fix and improve on this sort of issue. since my university has just started up, im hoping this makes a difference. it's nice to see someone clearly explain this issue and concisely provide solutions to these problems. thanks man🙂
This is a great content. Thank you for taking your time to emphasize on the biggest issue in society today. Really appreciate your work and experiments performed to educate more on this. Great content 👍 and please keep continuing. These lessons and experiences are truly priceless ❤
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.
I need to watch videos with this length instead of scrolling until I find 5 minute videos. I have all the time in the world, man.
I’m trying to work in that even waching this video was kind of a struggle
You're very articulate. I enjoy your ability to process and convey this information.
You have identified issues with social interactions and opinions I had not realized I was noticing.
Uhh I'm so glad i came across this video, For my whole life I've been struggling with this thing and while listening to you i can totally relate to it , nd it's kinda comforting that I'm not the only one going through this. Tysm for talking on this topic.
1) "for the longest time I was convinced I was stupid" I actually lolled and got pulled in. 2) your hair looks really nice here
JOSEPH, I AM EXTRAORDINARILY GRATEFUL TO YOU & HAPPY THAT I FOUND YOU! YOU SO BEAUTIUFULY ARTICULATE MY INTERNAL STRUGGLES WITH MY INABLITIY TO COMMICATE MY THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, IDEAS, & OPINIONS. YOU HAVE HELPED ME TO REALIZE THAT I AM NOT ALONE. MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE TOOLS TO TRANSCEND MY INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS! THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!
Man, i am currently fall into the same situation as yours. I used to perform well in my academic journey, but when I am at the beginning stage of my career, I felt overwhelm because the amount of information that I can not deliver/ absorb, I felt that I am having a fog. Thank you for showing me that I am not alone 👍
Wow. So much wisdom.
Thank you
I have been thinking about this whole week and just saw your video. You put it in better words but exactly what was in my head. Good one!
other than what you've mentioned ; What I've noticed that you have a good vocabulary and you speak slowly. And that helps
I'm preparing for a presentation and I found this channel. I found gold! Helps me build a frame work for learning languages... I'm leveling up my sign language skill and I love that I found this channel.
You totally resonated my thoughts.. I have been thinking about this in the past 5 months & have been consciously applying what you said. Thanks for sharing things with a new perspective
Wow,
This video is great! You described mental fog, and how information overload can overstimulate our thought process since we are not focusing on a singular concept.
What was most powerful for me is when you mentioned that many times people get stuck in their thoughts because they haven’t conducted further research, so their thoughts or opinions only go as far as the short snippet that they were originally exposed to.
If we desire to become a clear thinker we must be clear information processors. We must recite what we are learning consistently. We can also speak, listen and write.
This is a great video on an extremely important topic. The things we as people crave the most are structure, clarity and certainty. And that's exactly why we adore people who are well articulated so much. It just feels sooo nice to be clear and well structured on any topic. And it is also very important to be able to fully understand ourselves and see things for what they really are. Thank you for bringing more awareness to this modern problem!
Thank you so much for starting this discussion for me! I’m so grateful 😊🌸
Oh man I can’t tell you how long I’ve worked on this for myself. Can’t wait to watch this and love seeing another guy talk about this!!!
I want to thank you so much for your videos. After a TBI over a decade ago, I have never recovered the mental clarity I used to have and felt like my brain couldn’t fully recover. Yet, part of me knew that the things you listed were preventing me from thinking clearly again. Thank you for helping me feel empowered and validated about these issues, and for offering helpful suggestions for overcoming them.
100k In less 6 months!
You truly deserve that
Keep it going
Man this content is life changing! You nail it from the beginning to the end. Thank you so much for the clarification, I'll start put it in practice today.
I’ve been reading through my responses to emails the way that comes naturally then analyzing it, replacing worn out words with more concise choices. This has become my daily practice
One of the best things I started doing to move past the kind of laissez faire consumption of content that I never did anything with was keeping an annotated bibliography of everything I read. Nothing crazy: just the citation and a few paragraphs (sometimes one!) with a summary, some quotes, and some answers to a list of general questions I keep to create understanding.
Doing so has stimulated and incentivized more and deeper engaged reading of material of interest; encouraged me to ask better questions about the context of the knowledge I’m acquiring; helped me remember and make connections between information; helped generate new ideas; and served as the foundation of more outward facing writing of my own-everything from emails to cover letters to grant applications. And all of THAT has had the downstream effect of raising my own standard for baseline comprehension and learning such that I’m not really satisfied with the superficial knowledge whose detrimental impacts this video is so much about.
So track your shit! It’s a VERY high-return practice.
This video, as well as this channel, is one of the most valuable resources on the internet. Thank you Joseph.
I just had a huge breakthrough in understanding myself.
I realized the reason for the gap between my mental clarity and articulate speech is my underlying goal in communication. I've been trying to convince and force others to agree with my perspective. This makes me more emotional and less coherent with my words. What a valuable insight I've gained! My intention and decision going forward is to only express my truth as clearly and articulately as it pleases me, to speak in harmony, and without any attachment to being agreed with, and finally, to respect different perspectives. I look forward to integrating this and seeing the effects.
Great video, addressed a lot of the difficulties I’m also experiencing! Thanks for sharing!
Great video! So much of this hits home with me.
homie is as captivating as it gets. I've been watching for an hour now and can't stop
I recently started a RUclips channel and noticed people only watch 15secs of my RUclips shorts!! That was crazyyyy to me. A RUclips short is only 1 min!!! 1 min and people can’t even sit through that! This video made a lot of sense to me, saved it and will be listening to it over and over again! I believe mental clarity is key to your personal development and it is something I work on a lot! I hope to learn more to create helpful content such as this and connect with other liked minded people. Great video!! 👏
Wow, this is so spot on! Thank you for these profound insights!
One of the most relatable and helpful videos I've watched. Thank you very much for sharing.
Thank you for making this video!
Joseph thank you for this video. You have summarized in full detail my thoughts and emotions on articulation and brain fog WOW. You express yourself incredibly, I can’t imagine how you were before but it’s inspiring to hear that it’s an aptitude you can improve upon. Thanks 🙏🏼
My god. Thank you so much, so many connections being made.
Thank you! I need to note all the things you said as a way to output these valuable information!
Man this is good. Thank you so much for sharing your tips. I’m going to take this to heart and really focus on these tips to help me personally. Really appreciate you
So good. Great job. Thank you
this has been so valuable to me. thank you for what you do.
Holy crap dude, you sound just like me. And my memory has always been terrible. trying to remember things is like trying to put together an outfit in pitch black dark. Now, I am older than the internet, social media, etc, and grew up without a TV so I can't totally lay the blame at the feet of those media.
Thank you, Ive dealt with similar issues for years. Really taking my time to deal with it right now
One of the best videos I’ve watched on RUclips, love the long form
Excellent video! Last point was my best take away from here. Thnx
This is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you
Thank you for your help! Graduate school has been really hard for me I think being conscious of my focus and guiding it in the way you described is going to make me stronger in my field 💫🌟
The first 10 seconds of this video described exactly what I’m going through right now. Yesterday night i randomly i regained consciousness and realised that I’ve been living my life on auto pilot without being able to regulate my thoughts. I even wrote to myself cause I don’t even know if i’ll ever go back to that state of mind,It’s frightening sometimes.
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!
Great content. I really appreciate the hollistic approach you took to the topic. I can relate - carbs work the same way for me so that was a valuable reminder to avoid them in the morning! Low-carb breakfast is a way to start the day for me🔥
I finally found the channel I was looking for. I'm so glad youtube suggested this video to me. Thank you for such a great video.
I have learned so much useful information from you. Thank you! You are an exceptional teacher communicator. ROCKON❤
Thanks for sharing. This was very insightful. You obviously have mage significant strides in ordering your thoughts and articulation of them. Great work 👍🏿👍🏿
This has been my lifetime problem, it's gonna be hell of a journey to fix these. Thanks for telling the hard truth.
I find this video relatable and eye-opening to a satisfying degree. will begin by journaling an info output of this exact video!
Thank you joseph. Great content.
Love it !!!!!!!!! I'm going to share that with people I know will be interested too! Thanks you so much for real.