Why it's so hard to sit down and work
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Jordan explains some of the mechanisms that come into play to keep us procrastinating. What is the origin of these mechanisms? Why do they arise? And what can we do to bypass them?
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This man doesn't scold us for our weakness and immaturity- he completely understands it and describes it to you in a way that makes you WANT to change and master it. WHAT AN AMAZING GIFT HE IS TO ALL OF US!!
Definitely.
Very much so
I also love that he gives us practical solutions rather than just telling us to sieze the day and be motivated...
He understands our psyche.. And doesn't demonise us for our human short commings.
He is a brilliant psychologist.. That we all need.
He’s honestly the reason I wake up looking forward to the day, good or bad. I wish I had him as a professor
The Man is just lecturing what other Man have been lecturing years before...Advantiously now he has unlimited possibilities to go out of auditorium.
as someone with a bit of a severe case of overactive brain, my advice for other people with this issue would be to think long and hard about what you want to prioritize in life. that motivation is generally enough to pull me from the depths.
Thanks for the advice
I too have an over active brai ooh look a squirrel!!
A dripping faucet is an overactive object, it doesn't mean it's useful or wise.
I agree with you on that! Having an overactive brain is a brilliant strength, but not being able to switch off to recuperate is so difficult. Sometimes I wish I was a phone so I could just shut off and put myself on charge!
Having a nice car one day lol
And building a tiny house on a small plot
I love these older Jordan videos because he wasn’t being constantly tormented by haters yet. Very lovable guy! I am GRATEFUL that this man has willingly & bravely endured all the crap that the wicked Left has thrown at him in recent years. But it’s nice to revisit this more innocent Jordan to remind me that this is the guy I started binge-watching. These are the videos that cured about 50% of my OEF/OIF ptsd. ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇨🇦❤️
Agree
Dr Peterson is a great teacher iv been watching him on tv before my phone on streaming xfinity Comcast here in pa. I said this man xplains things the way I can understand
The people who love him outnumber those who hate him by a magnitude. He's a treasure.
There is no wicked left or right, there is just wicked. There is no illogical left or right, just illogical.
Welcome Home!
Some other practical advice:
1) Make lists that allow you the satisfaction of checking something or crossing it out. Much like side quests in a video game.
2) Set alarms with the name of the thing you need to do, so it pops up when it rings.
3) If you can do a task immediately when it's presented to you, do it. My grandfather always said: "If you want something done, ask a busy person."
// If you can do a task immediately when it's presented to you, do it//
But isn't that multitasking? That's not productive, is it?
don't put things off unless you're adamant you will do the thing and not kick it down the road because they don't get done. many tasks are easy and take no time to complete but the mind makes them feel harder or take longer. do it, don't put it off. a rule I need to remember.
@@kishanchali8752 You left out the words "If you can" in your argument.
@@kishanchali8752 LOL. You are unproductive.
Look up Martin Butler
Thank you for reaching in the darkness, doctor. My Life is much improved, I went back to school and got my certificates, then my diploma, now I'm at university. I've broken 10 years of depression and overcome a traumatic motorbike crash and it's effects. I'm deeply thankful for your message.
How could you overcome it?
Bravo. Proud of you
@@josecostaruiz by pursuing things that scared me and not letting my new limits to define me. By working on my issues and trying to shoulder as much responsibility as I could. In the end I was able to manage not just my own issues but manage them well enough that I was able to help my mother when she need surgery and was able to come home for 6 weeks to make sure she was cared for. You overcome the issues in the way that they stand out to you as obstacles. You do that by confronting them and working on them day after day.
@@sidsarasvati thank you mate
Good story I hope you add a lot more to it
These kids don’t know how lucky they are to have such a great professor
unfortunately he is gone from U of T. Correct me if I am wrong but I am pretty sure students no longer have access to this national treasure.
Agreed, I wish I had a single professor like JP in college. A class that was actual worth the cost of the credit hours.
@@janekerby I believe so
Agreed. All of them have sinking heads in their laptops. I would never do that. That too, on topic which discusses about focus and getting work done. [DiowE]
Amen to that!
I love how honest Jordan always lays out his opinions... I believe he is among the greatest men of our times, the lives he has directly and indirectly impacted are many🙌
I'm agreed - I only found him on you tube this yr how did I live without his teachings . Didn't know he had been ill - I'm glad I read your txt tks
@Sheev Palpatine good catch!
Absolutely
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Jordan Peterson is a loser
Agreed! The whole world should listen to his no-nonsense, no-bullshit! All problems solved :)
The book that helped me get past this was The Now Habit, which redefines procrastination as a temporary solution. It allows you to protect your sense of self-worth because you think the work you do expresses your worth. You say: "Oh, I didn't do well on that because I procrastinated, not because I'm bad." But, your work is not your worth. Once you separate the two, you can free yourself to start developing a routine based on _discipline_ rather than motivation. It's still difficult to do creative or cognitive work, but that's what makes it work worth doing.
I hear ya - King Xerocole! Thanks.
Your work is your worth because your actions is what define you as a person. That doesn't make sense to me.
@@dinoview4537 I think what he thought was dissociation future self from emotional judging past self on actions that are defined as 'work'. So in the end one does not experience 'failure' the same negative way, it's 'feedback'.
@@dinoview4537 If someone expresses "Your work = Your worth", that is a very important moment to ask questions.
Who judges your work and determines your worth, you yourself or others? What about your work creates your worth? If you take quality/quantity as an example and a person creates low quality/quantity of work, do they have lower worth as a person? Does it matter why the work was less in some way (lack of talent, effort, circumstances)? Do people differ in worth as unemployed, retired, disabled, infants? Does a infant's worth increase as their quality of work increases? Could a person have worth/value unrelated to the work they produce?
This idea serves you as long as you are working/functioning within the system and let's you of the hook for judging others. But really cuts both ways and can leave you feeling worthless if your work gets judged poorly by yourself or others. And if you are unable to produce work, then it's simply off to depression-land for you. As long you are harboring the idea "My work=my worth" good luck finding any self-worth down there as an unproductive lazy-ass depressed person.
this is 100% why I procrastinate, because I know my "great ideas" will be less great when they go through the messy process of being instantiated into reality
maybe disassociating "work and worth" is a useful hack to get around that, but I wouldn't take that line of thinking too far --- if there's no worth to your endeavour, then why do it at all? To go JBP here, what you need is the courage to face failure and grow, not to disassociate yourself from your work
I find the hardest part is just getting started.
Certain tasks appear more daunting up until you actually begin working on them. I figure it’s an illusion the brain comes up with in order to avoid difficult work/put it off for as long as possible.
END TIMES, THERE IS A SPIRIT OF DISTRACTION THAT HAS BEEN UNLEASHED. JUST LIKE A SPIRIT OF SEXUAL PERVERSION, HATE, MURDER, PRIDE, GREED, ETC. JUST LIKE IN THE DAYS OF NOAH SO WILL BE WHEN THE SON OF MAN CALLS HIS BRIDE HOME. THEY LAUGHED AT NOAH WHEN HE BUILT THE BOAT AND WARNED THE PEOPLE... ONLY 8 PEOPLE IN NOAHS FAMILY SURVIVED. PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE BELOW AND MOCK IF YOU WANT BUT PLEASE READ IT.
GOD'S STANDARD FOR HEAVEN IS PERFECTION AND ONLY JESUS (THE SON OF GOD/GOD IN THE FLESH) LIVED THAT PERFECT LIFE! HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE & TOOK THE WRATH OF THE FATHER ON THE CROSS FOR YOUR SINS! GOD IS JUST SO HE MUST PUNISH SIN & HE IS HOLY SO NO SIN CAN ENTER HIS KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST ON JUDGEMENT DAY GOD WILL SEE YOU AS HIS PERFECT SON (SINLESS SINCE YOUR SINS ARE COVERED BY JESUS' OFFERING). YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO REJECT JESUS' GIFT/SACRIFICE & PAY FOR YOUR OWN SIN WITH DEATH (HELL) BUT THAT SEEMS PRETTY FOOLISH! GOD SEES & HEARS EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID & DONE. YOU WONT WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH HIM & YOU CANT DEFEND ANY OF YOUR SINS TO HIM. YOU'RE NOT A GOOD PERSON, I'M NOT A GOOD PERSON... ONLY GOD IS GOOD! WE'RE ALL GUILTY WITHOUT ACCEPTING JESUS' SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS!
MUHAMMAD DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, BUDDHA DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, NO PASTOR/NO PRIEST/NO SAINT/NO ANCESTOR DIED FOR YOUR SINS, MARY DIDN'T, THE POPE DIDN'T EITHER, NO IDOLS OR FALSE gods DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO MUSICIAN OR CELEBRITY DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO INFLUENCER OR RUclips STAR DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO SCIENTIST OR POLITICIAN DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO ATHLETE OR ACTOR DIED FOR YOUR SINS! STOP IDOLIZING & WORSHIPING THESE PEOPLE!
JESUS CHRIST ALONE DIED FOR YOUR SINS & WAS RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE! HE IS ALIVE & COMING BACK VERY VERY SOON WITH JUDGEMENT (THESE ARE END TIMES)! PREPARE YOURSELVES, TURN FROM SIN & RUN TO JESUS! HE KNOWS YOUR PAIN & TROUBLES, HE WANTS TO HEAL & RESTORE YOU! TALK TO HIM LIKE A BEST FRIEND! ASK HIM TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU & HELP YOU TO BELIEVE IF YOU DOUBT! DON'T WAIT TO CRY OUT! NO ONE IS PROMISED TOMORROW! HE LONGS FOR YOU TO INVITE HIM IN, HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN ANY PERSON EVER COULD, HE CREATED YOU!
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."-John 14:6
"But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."-Matthew 10:33
“For the wages of sin is death (hell), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”-Romans 6:23
Why do you think this happens in terms of evolution? Was there some selective advantage to avoiding difficult work?
@@pierzing.glint1sh76 Perhaps that sentiment exists because it was necessary to find the path of least resistance. In other words, those who were more or less lazy because they avoided the most arduous path toward survival were the ones who inevitably survived and passed on their genes. In the modern context the saying “work smart, not hard” can sum this up. There are difficult tasks of course and they need to be accomplished, but being unnecessarily stubborn and refusing to see another viable path for completing specific tasks ultimately proves unhelpful to say the least.
Yeah, same. Its resistance that keeps you from sitting down.
My issue use to be not getting started.
Then I focused on the work I needed to do (at that time it was studying for the MCAT, then it was med school applications) as being necessary to what I WANT to be doing in a years time.
Applications are sent in, waiting on review rn (and a few letters of recommendation… the submission system for those sucks), now my issue is losing track of time.
Aiming to have my phlebotomy license by the end of the month, and employed at my local hospital by the end of summer (at the latest, but preferably sooner).
“Distractions and fantasies will enter the theater of your imagination.” What a great way to simplify a portion of very complex topic. The unconscious is a fascinating sector.
“Driven to Distraction” is a good book to recognize our limitations, particularly those with ADD
Thank you for the recommendation I'll check it out my good sir 🥂
I read this book far too late in life. It was written when I was 9. I still wish my poor parents had read it then and gotten the help we needed and maybe saved ourselves a lot of suffering
Tried to read. Saw a squirrel. Played catch with said squirrel until his mom said he was nuts for playing with a human. Will try again tomorrow this time outside the house.
Jokes aside, thanks for the recommendation, I'll definitely read it.
@@wraht Audible. Squirrel can do stuff and listen... even if it's a few times per chapter
I think ADD people seek that semi autonomous state and are goal driven but not process driven. That’s why when they use a towel in the morning they drop it as soon as they are dry. It’s as if the towel doesn’t exist anymore. When someone says, “why don’t you hang up your towel” they might get upset or say, “oh,..oh yeah, I forgot.
I needed this right now. School is ending and I have a lot of work to do.
Goodluck man
same here
i just realised that i wasted my time for a whole f**king day, and exams are just around the corner
Me too except the video didn’t really provide a perspective on how to solve the problem
check out Alex Becker videos as well on dopamine detox and caffeine detox, just remarkable results. All best with future endeavors
END TIMES, THERE IS A SPIRIT OF DISTRACTION THAT HAS BEEN UNLEASHED. JUST LIKE A SPIRIT OF SEXUAL PERVERSION, HATE, MURDER, PRIDE, GREED, ETC. JUST LIKE IN THE DAYS OF NOAH SO WILL BE WHEN THE SON OF MAN CALLS HIS BRIDE HOME. THEY LAUGHED AT NOAH WHEN HE BUILT THE BOAT AND WARNED THE PEOPLE... ONLY 8 PEOPLE IN NOAH'S FAMILY SURVIVED. PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE BELOW AND MOCK IF YOU WANT BUT PLEASE READ IT.
GOD'S STANDARD FOR HEAVEN IS PERFECTION AND ONLY JESUS (THE SON OF GOD/GOD IN THE FLESH) LIVED THAT PERFECT LIFE! HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE & TOOK THE WRATH OF THE FATHER ON THE CROSS FOR YOUR SINS! GOD IS JUST SO HE MUST PUNISH SIN & HE IS HOLY SO NO SIN CAN ENTER HIS KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST ON JUDGEMENT DAY GOD WILL SEE YOU AS HIS PERFECT SON (SINLESS SINCE YOUR SINS ARE COVERED BY JESUS' OFFERING). YOU CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO REJECT JESUS' GIFT/SACRIFICE & PAY FOR YOUR OWN SIN WITH DEATH (HELL) BUT THAT SEEMS PRETTY FOOLISH! GOD SEES & HEARS EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SAID & DONE. YOU WONT WIN AN ARGUMENT WITH HIM & YOU CANT DEFEND ANY OF YOUR SINS TO HIM. YOU'RE NOT A GOOD PERSON, I'M NOT A GOOD PERSON... ONLY GOD IS GOOD! WE'RE ALL GUILTY WITHOUT ACCEPTING JESUS' SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS!
MUHAMMAD DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, BUDDHA DIDN'T DIE FOR YOUR SINS, NO PASTOR/NO PRIEST/NO SAINT/NO ANCESTOR DIED FOR YOUR SINS, MARY DIDN'T, THE POPE DIDN'T EITHER, NO IDOLS OR FALSE gods DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO MUSICIAN OR CELEBRITY DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO INFLUENCER OR RUclips STAR DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO SCIENTIST OR POLITICIAN DIED FOR YOUR SINS, NO ATHLETE OR ACTOR DIED FOR YOUR SINS! STOP IDOLIZING & WORSHIPING THESE PEOPLE!
JESUS CHRIST ALONE DIED FOR YOUR SINS & WAS RESURRECTED FROM THE GRAVE! HE IS ALIVE & COMING BACK VERY VERY SOON WITH JUDGEMENT (THESE ARE END TIMES)! PREPARE YOURSELVES, TURN FROM SIN & RUN TO JESUS! HE KNOWS YOUR PAIN & TROUBLES, HE WANTS TO HEAL & RESTORE YOU! TALK TO HIM LIKE A BEST FRIEND! ASK HIM TO REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU & HELP YOU TO BELIEVE IF YOU DOUBT! DON'T WAIT TO CRY OUT! NO ONE IS PROMISED TOMORROW! HE LONGS FOR YOU TO INVITE HIM IN, HE LOVES YOU MORE THAN ANY PERSON EVER COULD, HE CREATED YOU!
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."-John 14:6
"But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven."-Matthew 10:33
“For the wages of sin is death (hell), but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”-Romans 6:23
I've been listening to his lectures for over 5 years now. First when I was 15/16 and didn't know what I wanted to dedicate my life to. Through my teenage years until this day now I'm 22 and studying social sciences. I find it very interesting to see how abstract his videos were to me when I was younger. Today I still can't grasp a ton of things he says, but I get the main message en some extra jargon. Thank you Jordan for giving me insights in life and steering me in a direction which is doing me very good.
I’m 22 too and also follow Dr. Peterson for 5 years as well
@@DuMaster447That's great. These are psyc. classes he gives at Harvard. You are the head of the game in psyc. 👍🤗
Man, if he was my professor I would not only show up every day to class, I would be early and the last one to leave. Love his speeches. Jordan is so intelligent.
i was thinking exactly the same thing and of course felt sorry for the guy in the front seat scrolling facebook..
@@robertholland7558 with what stupidity, that doesn't work
no i would be the last to leave
And carry his supplies for him too, just to gain an extra nugget🙌
I don't think I would've appreciated his insights as much at college age, because I don't think I would have had enough life experience to relate to his examples. (And I put myself through college with a "real" job. Still, at that time, I had not yet had enough exposure to different personality types, such as toxic bosses. Or had children of my own.)
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” - Thomas Edison
"Get rich or die tryin'."
-50 Cents. Rumors has it when he started out in the rap game he was called Ten cents.
Nonsense like that is a part of why we are stuck in current situation.
To be fair that's a quote from a guy that literally stole ideas and barely did any work to produce them, ironic.
@@jimnian4031 right place right time for the opportunity to steal
@@deathdeath6883 he used to be a chinese entertainment and technology conglomerate??
It is so exciting to see Dr. Peterson in his natural habitat. I hope he returns to the academia sometime in his life. I like him so much more when he is probing the deepest confines of the human condition, than when he is just commenting on politics.
He is the new chancellor of a school! I forgot the name but its in his channel check it out. Hes occupying an administrative role though
Jordan B Peterson is always perceptive and explains difficult things so eloquently.
But he is completely bogus in his understanding of Islam
Proof: ex muslims like Apostate Prophet
Lol especially things like "because you're a mess!" Yes, very true 🤦🏻♀️😁
Look up Martin Butler
@@livingdivinity6275 I have never heard JP talk about IsLame. Which is as bad as defending it.
Understanding what it is that's taking place during my moments of distraction is hugely helpful in trying to curb those distractive behaviors.
I would so loved to have this guy as a teacher at the school i attended.
His courses are available to listen to and watch - go ahead and indulge yourself!
for me it seems to be like a snowball. once i get started doing something, im fine to get everything else done. but getting started is always the hard part
Same!
Same. It is difficult to get the snowball rolling. I tried the Pomodoro method where you work for 20mins and take a break for 5 mins then again work for 20mins and it goes on. On my first break I broke. I couldn't make myself sit and do the work after the break.
@@anirudhhhh what I’m trying to do lately is to ask myself what do I want to do next? Even if it’s something irrelevant and not related to my main goal/problem I do it and that way I keep my anxiety and resistance down. It’s a very slow process but I’m hoping to get a momentum this way eventually.
Cold showers help
@@tahitihawaiiblue Makes sense to do the distracting things first and satisfying the itch before actual work. I find the itch never ending. It infact multiplies.
Doing the distracting things feels good in the moment but at the end I feel even more anxious because I wasted time.
It feels draining rather than energizing.
I think we need to concentrate on our habits. Habit do not require any motivation. It is an autopilot state. It just needs a trigger
To break bad habits either avoid the trigger if possible or redirect/substitute the action with something less harmful.
This is what I know after watching a lot of self help material.
Perfect timing!
I litterally just said this what
I needed to hear this. It reminded me of why it's important to integrate with our shadows. Essentially, it's how we become more complete and gain more control over ourselves.
Even though he reaches a greater audience now, I can't help but notice what a great professor Dr. Peterson is.
I use this video (posted by a Meme channel several years ago) as the basis for an English as a Second language class for advanced learners preparing for university study.
I'm so glad I wasn't a student in his class at that time. I was so young, naïve and immature in university that I would have likely labelled him as "some other professor" while aimlessly surfing the internet instead of realizing what I had standing right in front of me. Thank you for continuing to post videos from your old lectures - in a way, they allow me to make amends for the ignorance of my younger self.
I hope one day I'll be able to watch these videos directly without researching the meaning of the words. You really are a very knowledgeable person. I couldn't express myself in such a good way, even in my native language.
(The words I've just learned: Mediate, freudian, dust bunny, id, derail, reptile, amphibian, crustacian, in a grip of sth)
@@Fig2122 @uptobatman You're right. I've usually learned English from games and foreign series. Therefore, I find it difficult to understand videos that address such an academic topic. Hopefully I'll be able to get over this problem.
Look up Martin Butler
Coming on here & seeing a new video of his is like getting a surprise visit from my internet dad. He’s always got something to say & I’m always eager to listen. Love it.
I sure wish I could've been in his class 💯
So grateful that he has made his material available to the public 🙏🙏🙏
A really brilliant analysis of these issues. Thank you, Professor Peterson, for being a great guide.
00:25 Meditation is such an important part of learning to focus. I think the problem with our interpretation of meditation is that it is often 'provided' without the appropriate training. Meditation is a spiritual practice that requires a lot of training to teach. (I'm a pupil, not a teacher, on meditation).
Cogitation is not meditation. Controlled breathing is not meditation. Desperately seeking to calm the nervous system using EFT, EMDR or similar...that is not meditation. Although they are linked, Western culture often conflates the these different parts of harnessing our brains to manage consciousness.
I know my comment may sound completely crazy! Sorry, if it doesn't make sense. No hate intended.
The monks that taught me had practiced meditation for a long time, and have the knowledge of so many centuries, passed down. I truly respect them and I know that what they have taught me has helped me find peace and stability in myself.
What religion do these monks belong to?
Do you care to say what IS meditation then?
@@kevinrhatigan5656 Buddhism - I studied under one discipline, but there are many different versions of Buddhism.
@@salman-11924 Well. I can try, but I'm not an expert. :) I think it's probably a form of intentional induced torpor.
@@salman-11924 meditation is training of the mind. From a Buddhist perspective there are two types of meditation: samatha and vipassana. Samatha is for concentrating the mind. You focus op one object, for example the rising and falling of the abdomen, and when you notice the mind wanders you bring it back to the object. Vipassana is for insight. When the mind is sufficiently focussed all mental and physical phenomena are noticed and the transitoriness (anicca), unsatisfactoriness (dukkha) and non-self (anatta) characteristics are seen. When the mind realises all mental and physical phenomena are transitory, unsatisfying (since nothing lasts) and non-self (things happen by own accord, we cannot choose not to get old, get sick and die, no lasting permanent self) then natural happiness arises. The absence of suffering is happiness. This was the great insight of the Buddha. Everybody wants to be happy, to find what is happiness the Buddha looked at what is unhappiness. To thoroughly understand how we create suffering for ourselves we can find internal happiness, peace and contentment not dependent on conditions.
I have found that the best way to get something like a paper or something done is to simply Start. I tell myself that for the next 5 minutes, I will concentrate on this. And then I repeat this for about 50-60 minutes and then I take a 10 minute break.
Lately, this hasn't been working for me. Which I think is a sign of a need for a real vacation.
They say it is a good idea, but it doesn't work for me:(
@@jenniferpearce1052 starting work is the hardest part. Once you’re over that hump you get into a flow and end up getting more work done than you set out to. I dread having to write every paper and I always put it off saying “I’ll do it tmr” and I never do, but when I do decide to finally sit down and start I’d set out to write maybe a page and I always end up writing like 3 pages or even half my paper in one sitting. Try starting your paper and write maybe a paragraph and I promise you by that point ideas will start to float in your head and you’ll really get into a flow
@@MM-jc7uv Thankfully, I'm past the state of life where in writing papers. Work reports are easier than literary analysis! But lately, I just don't want to work. I also have an enormous backlog of untaken vacation and I'm feeling it. 😩
@@jenniferpearce1052 nothing wrong with taking some time off to recharge. It’s vital to clear your head otherwise you’ll be burned out
"You're a mess, you haven't got control over yourself, at all, no more than I've got control over this laptop." Lots of good analogies here. Biological, psychological, roomological malware.
I love when he says things like that. It's always completely true, at least for me.
@@jenynz5334 you, and a million walking beside you, friend.
@@edgeofthought
"roomological" ?
OK Roomer.
@@jenynz5334 It's good to know that the war between our desire to work well against our brains acting like a child is something very common between workers and students
@@annaravenhand5536 🤣😉
Just thank you for everything
Really cool to hear it from you too, my old mentor once said it to me when we were discussion perception and what to do with your thoughts, he said "sometimes, i just layback and watch the cinema"
I was really getting a lot out of this video but then I decided to comment while I was watching and had to watch again.
thank you Jordan for sharing your lessons and lectures to the world
Love when i hear the lecture of J.P.
I am procrastinating hard and suddenly this video show up in my feed. Thanks Jordan, time to get back to my exam!
Thank you
Good Sunday morning Dr Peterson ❤️ & light to you & your family as we are all one
One trick I found was to try to create "newer better" habits as replacements for the bad ones.
You have to train yourself, and reward yourself, and so on in order to keep at it. Treat yourself like a dog in that regard and it will work better.
With some luck and good training, those bad habits will be replaced, and will be ignored and left to die.
For me, success is around 30-50%... which is actually pretty good all things considered.
Nobel prize deserves to have this kind of Greatness in its collection, for he starts with peace within. Perhaps only way to a true peace in world. Yes. Jordan doesn't deserve prize, prize deserves him.
Perhaps it's because I'm somewhat autistic, but I've had a much different experience with many of the points discussed here. I have noticed subconscious, automatic behaviours I wanted to change and found it relatively easy to change them, including prolific cursing or overuse of filler words.
However I've had a much more challenging time attempting to curtail impulsive behaviours, like seething at a bad or embarrassing memory. I have ticks almost like tourettes in that respect, but not so severe, and they vanish when I'm engaged with or concentrating on something in my environment.
And I do find it incredibly difficult to sit down and do work when I know there's something more engaging or exciting I could be doing. I can only manage it for about 15 minutes at a time before my brain starts to fry; as though there's genuine physical resistance. But if I'm doing something I feel is fun, I can literally sit there and do it for days on end, to the detriment of my own health.
But I've also been in jail, deprived of nearly all environmental distractions and fun activities I enjoy. I found that in such a space, productivity was easy. If I only I had access to study materials and word processors, I could have gotten so much work done while I was in jail. But the moment I got out, distractions reasserted themselves and the spirit of productivity vanished like a thin mist under heat of day.
This is me. Once I had to live in an old house with 0 entertainment, no electricity and even no water.
There was only one way to beat the boredom and that was to read my law textbooks.
At first it was soooo boring but then I started to see fun and drama in many of the cases and read the thing like a novel cover to cover intrigued by every page because there was nothing else to do.
I ended up getting an A in that course.
However when I returned to 'civilization' I fell back into my old habits and diversions and dropped out.
Dr. peterson gave it as an illustrative example, since, at the time of the video's footage, he was giving class to university students, that frequently cannot sit down and pay attention to class/study. The more general truth is that we sometimes can control our attention really well and sometimes not so much(or, sometimes, attention is lost completely). JBP was just explaining why there is such a difference in attention control.
Truth be told...
Am watching this while procrastinating
To study for my essential exams...
JP, is hella right here
💀🥲
Sir , I have much respect for you, thank you for your great books. they literally changed my life.thank you a million , I'm looking forward for the day that I have the honor to meet you in person.
I wonder if the opposite is also true, I realise when I’m doing something I really enjoy & interesting, my mind is void of everything else.
In fact, anything else diverting my attention become annoying & irritating.
Thank you for everything
Hello from South Carolina..
Jordan is by far more effective on my brain as far as getting me on my feet and off my ass to actually do something productive about my declining mental health than any counselor I've ever had the pleasure to utilize. I will never be able to thank you enough Jordan Peterson! Keep doing your great things for the world because I know for a fact I'm not the only one, as always keep your head up, I know it isn't easy most of the time but it is possible
“The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.”
Bruce Lee
I also like the wise words of “Bruce Lee”.
This sentence is a very accurate wise word.
This sets a sure switch on concentration.👍
That's so true. Moral is to physical as 3:1...
Jordan is correct on this. As much as I like to hear his wisdom, as I watched this , I grew more curious as he presented it.
About half way threw I started thinking about times when people have done me wrong ( out of nowhere ) ..and whether or not I should fry or bake my chicken quarters. 5 seconds after that are lost moment's.
I'm back now though.
Let me go back again.
I love that he is talking about been distracted while someone in the front row is browsing his facebook XD 1:12 btw
I love these old lectures of his from a few years back
These kids are getting some of the best advice they'll ever get and some of them may have been completely absent, distracted by their laptops.
His media popularity and politics aside, jordan was actually a very good lecturer, impressed
the first 60 seconds describes my reading back in high school
I would read and suddenly start thinking about something while reading. Then 2 or 3 pages later I'd realize I have no idea what I just read and had to go back and reread it again lol
It happened to me in High School, when the girls where allowed to wear mini skirts..
I only saw part of the title pop up on my phone and something told me what the rest of the half was and further more watch it now instead of slapping the video on the watch later.
This is an amazing video and I enjoyed every bit of it. It's another time of the year. One need to set goals and take bold steps in achieving them. Remember success are not obtained overnight. It comes in installment; you get a little bit today and a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate you lose that day of success.
Well, from my own point of view, you need to invest smartly if you need the good things of life. So far I've made over $325k since September last year in raw profits from just q4 of the market from my diversified portfolio strategy and i believe anyone can do it if you have the right strategy, mutual funds takes long time but investing smartly is the key to short term. Most of us tend to pay more attention to the shiniest in the market to the cost of proper diversification.
My portfolio is very much diversified so it's not like I have a particular fund I invest in, plus I don't do that but myself. I follow the trades of Karen Gaye Gray. She is a popular broker you might have heard of. I can correctly say she's worth her salt as a financial adviser as her diversification skills are top notch, I'm saying because I see that in her results as my portfolio grows by averages of 10 to 15% on a monthly basis, unlike I can say for my IRA which has just been trudging along, my portfolio just mirrors what she trades and not just on some particular industries of my choosing.
Normal people buy in at high prices the stock market goes down, companies but stocks back cheaper by introducing some "disaster" Stock rises after a disaster and the cycle repeats.. Having a good entry and exit strategy,will make you succeed in the stock market.
@@stephenhomokki3601 By following trades do you mean copying her trades,as its done in etoro? Are you giving her your money or the money stays on your account? I have heard about copying trades but have not looked into it but I have an idea of what it is.
@@thomasbrian1708 Yeah exactly. My money stays right in my account. it's all programmatic,plus it's relatively much easier to set up and connect my accounts than creating a financial pan and drafting investment strategies myself, my account just mirrors her trades in realtime.
gotta love that bit about spirits... nails it
Can you imagine having this guy for a teacher? If all teachers were like this - nobody would ever ditch class.
Ahhhhhh...
Back to the original content we all fell in Love with...
Brutal breath of fresh air!!!
PS
"No more than I have over this laptop."
🤣
Anyone else remember rewinding that at least a few times when you first heard it?
🤓
I’m so glad I failed at doing things I hate with my life. Thinking there was something wrong with me was a waste of time and energy. I was trying to please other people. I had no soul. I had no spine or joy.
The larger part of myself won over the lesser.
The past is gone...why speak of pleasing others...that is past gone. Each moment is now...then in this now....use your time to be with whatever you are doing...as now is the now that requires your attention. Attend to what's now occurring...now is the only time their is....Now.
When you dwell on the past....catch your mind being in the past and come back to this present moment.
To Be
To Be in the Now..
Jordan, are we beyond the chance of any further lecture videos? Is there a way to format it so they would be as engaging as the origanal series you did whilst working at the university?
I think they are amongst the most valuable videos I've seen on youtube
As a creative writer, this is so relatable. Especially when you think your work is painfully mediocre.
@1:08 the kid at the front is on facebook whilst JP is giving this exact lecture.
priceless..
I've delved into my dreams and my unconscious quite a bit and I know for absolute certain that the body and unconscious are "spirited" and are quire sophisticated. I've noticed this in particular with regard to the subconscious. I'm no psychologist by any stretch, but from experience I now consider dreams to be the place where the subconscious and the body communicate with my conscious awareness. I've had that a couple of times where the communication was near or actually verbal (though a lot of it is through imagery).
Once I moved all the things in my attic (literally everything) and the very same night I had a dream alerting me to the fact that everything had a new place and so everything had become anew and unknown and scary. I told my subconscious that _because_ I had moved everything, _nothing_ was left unknown. The attic is no longer a scary place.
Dreams I get from my body tend to be more primitive and unsophisticated. For example when I have trouble breathing in my sleep, I'll dream that I'm drowning at the bottom of a lake or swimming pool. Since I know this, I take a deep breath right then and there and I can continue sleeping.
The most sophisticated dreams come from my subconscious. These tend to be job interviews and unlocking old memories of mine. There's a dream building I return to every once in a while that lends itself well to memory traversal. Often my dreams are about integrating different parts of my job with things I need _for_ my job. I speak a lot during my job so I often awake myself because I also speak in my sleep. It's always in English despite not being a native speaker.
If you've read this far, I hope this at least entertained you. I am wholly convinced one purpose of dreams is for the conscious to communicate with the rest of the whole being and so that's for what I'm using them.
They believe it is a more sophisticated method of problem solving than just conscious thought. It's a virtual reality run by two minds simultaneously.
@@crisbowman Who's "they" in this case? And do "they" believe it _is_ a VR run by two minds at once or that it is _like_ a VR run by two minds at once? Just asking for clarity, not rhetorical/critique ;)
I started reading the comments as I usually do while watching videos and then caught myself doing it and stopped so I could focus fully on the video.
This is sooooo true. I have to actually drink a ton of coffee to focus. I might have ADD. 😔
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@@tinfoilhatter ❤️ my German teacher was like that! LEGENDARY! Huge in my life!
Look up Martin Butler
Very interesting.
It's so much easier to do dumb, unimportant things rather than actually try to get your mind right for a few minutes. I'm so glad I didn't have all this distraction shit while I was growing up. Would have missed alot of good times outside with friends or wouldn't have read books. I feel sorry for the kids who were babysitted by a tablet or even a TV
It's not like there aren't dumb and unimportant books to waste time on ("There are very many people who read simply to prevent themselves from thinking" - G.C. Lichtenberg, long before the internet). It's not technology, it's what you do with it. Just because words are printed on paper doesn't magically make them more noteworthy than what you can get on your tablet.
@@vibovitold Not sure if I fully agree, dumb and unimportant books, definitely. I guess what I was thinking about was the pleasure of being outside with friends. You acquire social skills plus just the fun you have. Might even include breaking a bone at some point, it will hurt then but it was always cool to go to school with a cast on and letting everyone sign it. There's just so much less personal interaction anymore. Hell, boys don't even ask a girl out face to face. They do it through devices. It builds self confidence to muster the courage to ask someone out who could easily say no to your face. That part sucks but their not all going to say no. Just so many things to distract us from the real world while living in our little virtual reality and it's only getting worse. It may just be a generational thing, I don't know.
Mr Peterson. I would say your lectures series were the best value I have ever had in my life. I really appreciate it and I hope you are well sir!
The fact that this was reuploaded and now I am watching this procrastinating whilst I have an exam tomorrow morning makes me think this is The Matrix, I mean what are the chances??
Same here.
Exam tomorrow morning.
Is the exam alevels XD
I had this problem for the longest time. However a trick i now use is setting up a timer right before i start to study. I then record how long i studied for each day in an excel spreadsheet. Seeing those numbers add up motivates me and keeps me disciplined.
Thanks for sharing that! 👍
I regret leaving all my assignments till now
I spend a big chunk of my day trying to get assignments done 😤
This motivated me to stop procrastinating.
So true. It's been incredibly difficult for me over the last year or two to focus on anything productive outside of work. I'm easily distracted by so many things and part of it, I believe, is that I'm afraid of failure taking on new tasks and methods. I've been working on building a 3d printing service, and many times I find myself stuck and thrown off, but I have to force myself to get back to it and push away the distraction and doubt.
I'm gonna get back to work lol
@@Infernoblade1010 You go!
♾perfect timings
1:34 peterson's laugh sounds like of saul goodman's.
If you really want to know why we do what we hate and we avoid what we know is right, read the book of Romans. Best book of the New Testament if you ask me, I can read it over and over. Jordan Peterson rules!
More like this please. So important.
I need advice on co parenting children that aren't mine. I really try to have a relationship with them but they resent me because I'm with their mother.
I truly feel hopeless...
kill'em with kindness, and lots of time. not guaranteed obviously.
Hi Al, I empathise as I have been in your position and the best thing you can do is also the most natural thing: just 'be present' and be yourself, and time will reward you. You are obviously a caring person as this situation is concerning you, and your qualities will shine through to the kids. It is almost certainly not personal as they may be struggling with perceived split loyalties but they will realise you're not trying to erase anything about their biological father and the relationship will grow around that and become much better than it is now. Best wishes,
Tom
@@TomNoles007 if I could hug you I would. You couldn't ask for better friendly advice from a random, kind, internet stranger. I can't thank you enough for taking the time to reply. Your advice is solid and really resonates. Thank you Tom from the bottom of my heart.
Professor Jordan is such a legend. This is the guy who inspired me, played a non-minor role in the success i've manufactured for myself in the past few years; i'd stand by this man any day. New Political Jordan makes me sad. Great vid
I'm going through an insanely complex situation. And I strongly feel you are one of the only people on earth that can actually help me. Because you're 100x smarter than any psychologist, psychiatrist or doctor/specialist I've ever met. I'd pay anything to talk to you. And I have some money. Please grant me this favor. I beg you. Say 1k$/hour?
Edit: I posted this in your latest 3 videos, so I get a chance you see it. And I've never seen you reply to a comment on RUclips...
@@change9255 You're not JBP. You're a scam artist. And a bad one. Someone please remove this evil troll from my genuine comment.
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@@pirupami9746 I did, but it's not what I need right now
I like how there's a guy sitting right in the front row browsing Facebook while Jordan is giving a lecture about paying attention.
Maybe it's an elective.
I love Jordan and I understand all that he has been through, but I hope he can find his way back to a place where he injects a bit of humour and warmth again like here. Humour reallly goes hand in hand with serious existential matters... sometimes all you have to set against life's suffering is a laugh.
I went to a recent talk of his (for his book tour) and I can tell you with certainty he looks to be doing a lot better. Plenty of humour and lighthearted jokes throughout. It was wonderful to see!
@@alonsotron3140 That's great to hear! Hopefully it will carry over to his interviews as well.
Jordan, as much as i love you, youre all over the place. Going into thoughts that are not the point of the lecture in insane speed and not focused
In short, develop habits that you want into your brain so that even if they control you, you won't walk too astray.
When Jordan spoke about when we are dreaming it's almost like we are watching a video and we are there watching it,
Many years ago I read about this in one of Sri Ramana Maharshi books he said we are not this body or this ego, we are the spirit, the organic body's heart is a pump it just keeps pumping it has no emotions just a function, its the spirit withIn is the real you, it neither speaks it's silent, its all witnessing observering our inner voice the one that they call intuition when we sleep we forget who we are we are not concerned with our name or what we look like that is a flesh body thing the ego is preoccupied with these details
the spirit is only the truth ....ask your self who am I continue to ask your self who am I
As this question is meant to dissolve the questioner as the feeling of energy just starts to soften its in our heart area, that's because we are spirit moving flesh, not flesh trying to get spiritual
Our ego is our mind that is not who we are ...if someone upsets you ask who does this bother it will always be the ego....as the spirit is never bothered its the all knowing witness its forever in joy forever in bliss for ever young and always honest its the truth and their is no higher religion than TRUTH.
Hi, Jordan and team. Was great seeing some of your content, and learning from it, but I found the Truth in Christ and on his Holy Mother Mary, and in his only one and true Church. God bless you and everyone. I hope we all find the truth asap, because it might be late when we find it!
THANK GOD FOR JORDAN PETERSON !
Who else clicked on this video to have an excuse to keep procrastinating.
Haha 🤚 ☺️
i deeply, truly, from the bottom of my heart LOVE THIS GUY!!!!
My problem with attention is that I keep thinking of fat women that I am attracted to.
Fat women 😂😂
You're a good man Jegory
We are beautiful beauty is in the ❤️ and your mind
@@portiamartinez9002 I agree : )
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When I was a young pupil I had to do a presentation for school and my grandfather would sitdown with me to check how my presentation pans out. The one utmost thing I am thankful to him was that he repeatedly stopped me whenever I sayed "äh" or "ähm" or used other fillers. He wanted me to sound like a pro and not some dullard. This really boosted my performance later in the university I studied in. Sorry for bad English.
So much money is wasted on female education.
wut
So much female is wasted on education money.
Anyone know if there's a link to the entire lecture or is it not online?
Professors like this make the world a better place & I am so very deeply grateful for the lectures he shares out.
I appriciate this, and your drive, and your being here in the same period as I am alive is, in its own way, baffling to me.
You may just be another man, but that goes to show why we all are so important to each other.
I feel like I can say that I guarantee the work you've done and talked so much about has left a really big, positive footprint in the younger minds of generations like mine, and close to mine.
The hate you have suffered and recovered from is driven by ignorance-hammers looking for nails, when some of us are 'screwed and twisted' in different ways.
Filled with hate and ignorance for anything they do not understand, and they are not looking for a teacher until someone actually can reach trough and tingle their curiosity.
You are definetely a tickler of minds, intelligence, logical and factual thinking, by an'large
I do not wish anything bad happening to them.
They are, by their own volition, hitting a brick wall with that life, and that is probably more than enough for all of us in the end.
I thank you, I salute you, and I expect you not to stop :D
I feel that my life is a blessing because I get to listen to this man while he is alive.
It’s hard to get through this video without stopping .
Hey! I cleaned my room for 5:37 while listening to this! For me, that's good.
I think it's just having something substantial to occupy the language part of my brain while performing spacial tasks
I am watching this while I’m trying to consistently study Dante’s Divine Comedy on my summers break. I love the book a lot but it takes a lot of brain power to read and comprehend, and a lot of focus.
I had a similar ambition. Wanted to read some Faulkner. Realized I am not enough of an intellectual. I've read some Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and I don't read trash, so I guess I'm a middle class reader haha. My attention span is not what it used to be either, before smartphones n all.
@@thisgirl5933 I think it’s not about intelligence it’s about patience. You can definitely sit down and break it down word for word sentence by sentence if you have the patience. But you’re right about the phones probably playing a part. But don’t make it an egocentric conquest. That’s just silly
Chronic procrastinator here. I kept seeing this video pop up in my feed and repeatedly added it to my ' Watch Later' playlist. 😸