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In a world full of notifications, social media scrolling, and distractions, is it still possible to stay focused? In this video, Sabrina uses a brain-scanning EEG to figure out how focus works, why a lot of productivity advice fails, and what we can actually do to save our attention span.
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Produced by Sabrina Cruz
Research Assistance by Ive Velikova
Video Editing by J
...oe Trickey
Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz
Sound Design by Joe Trickey
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RECOMMENDED READING
Working Memory and Attention – A Conceptual Analysis and Review by Klaus Oberauer
Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepola Gunaratana
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 admitting im an ipad kid
00:41 thank you to Headspace and our patrons
01:04 not gwyneth paltrow, thankfully
01:06 i spent my entire budget on an EEG (i hope it works)
01:35 how an EEG works
02:02 why i needed an EEG
02:24 measuring my baseline focus
02:55 i lost hours trying to figure out how to export this
03:00 did you know seaborn was named after a west wing character
03:03 quantitative evidence that im an ipad kid
04:29 why is every book about focus about productivity
04:51 3 things you need to know about focus
04:58 Attention vs Focus: what’s the difference
05:10 the limitations of focus
05:28 can you train your focus? maybe
05:51 minimizing external distractions
06:24 finding out internal distractions exist
07:00 limiting multitasking with time boxing
07:12 how to build a focus schedule
07:58 anything can be a notion template if you try hard enough
08:15 does this actually work?
08:26 YES!
08:45 Wait… Nevermind.
08:52 are productivity hangovers a thing
09:32 sleep continues to be important
09:55 but the problem persists
09:57 this made perfect sense at the time, but in hindsight, i was not okay
10:46 i’m just glad she didn’t tell me to do an ice bath
11:02 trying meditation against my own will
11:14 our videos are only possible with sponsors so use code ANSWER60
12:31 shockingly, i’m bad at meditating
13:24 trusting the process
13:39 why am i saying good news like it’s bad news
13:53 welcome to statistics 101
14:36 how meditation changed my focus
14:45 oh no, i’m overthinking again
15:40 15 minutes in AND WE’VE GOT ANOTHER RESEARCH MONTAGE?!
16:29 where did meditation come from
16:46 different types of meditation
17:03 what science says about meditation and focus
17:26 a necessary footnote
17:39 Meditation vs Productivity: what’s the difference?
18:21 why haven’t I tried meditation sooner
19:00 why I’m going to continue meditating
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Welcome to the joke under the fold!
Meditation was always tricky for me. Sometimes it would work but other times it wouldn’t. I eventually realized that I could only ever really meditate during a full moon… Turns out, I’m just an aware wolf.
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