00:00 I tested over 150 products to boost your
00:02 productivity and focus but there are
00:04 only seven that I continue to use every
00:05 day in today's world there are
00:07 increasingly more and more things that
00:08 pull your attention so it has become
00:10 more important than ever to bring your
00:12 focus towards things that improve your
00:13 life and things that you actually want
00:15 to focus on these seven products I found
00:16 cost less than 100 and even if it just
00:19 gives you a 30 boost in your
00:20 productivity it could probably repay
00:22 itself 10 times over the first item is
00:24 this kitchen lock box think about the
00:25 last time you sat down and really had to
00:27 focus how often did you get distracted
00:29 and check your phone this used to be a
00:30 huge problem for me especially when I
00:32 started studying Japanese a couple years
00:33 ago at the time I already spoke a few
00:35 other languages so I knew that one of
00:36 the fastest ways to get fluent was
00:38 simply just spending time watching
00:39 content without subtitles and even
00:41 though it sounds really easy after 20
00:42 minutes of focus just consciously I'll
00:43 pull my phone out just to look for
00:45 something more stimulating which really
00:46 slowed down my progress it was so
00:47 frustrating for me that I tried so many
00:49 different systems to optimize my focus
00:51 and minimize distractions But ultimately
00:53 the solution that worked 100 of the time
00:55 for me was actually the simplest one and
00:59 this box so this is a kitchen lock box
01:02 with a timer on it which means you can
01:04 put your phone or whatever you're
01:05 distracted within it and set a timer
01:07 before it unlocks the maximum is
01:08 actually 10 days which if you're really
01:10 distracted and wanted dopamine detox you
01:12 could try that but the cool thing about
01:13 this box is that the only way to open it
01:15 before the time is up is to break it and
01:17 once I started using this and my brain
01:19 started to realize that it was
01:20 practically impossible to open it I
01:22 stopped thinking about it and suddenly
01:23 became super easy to focus but there's
01:25 just one problem with this product you
01:26 can't take notes or look things up if
01:28 your phone's locked away which leads me
01:29 to the next item I actually discovered
01:31 this from one of my favorite movies Hot
01:33 Fuzz so in the movie there's this really
01:35 experienced police officer who's paired
01:36 up with this new guy and while he was
01:38 giving him advice on the job he gave him
01:40 a gift and he said this is the most
01:41 important piece of equipment you will
01:43 ever own this notebook has saved my skin
01:45 more times than I care to mention and so
01:46 after that I looked for a similar
01:47 notebook that I could carry everywhere
01:49 and I found this amazing setup so I have
01:51 this pen that fits perfectly in this
01:52 little notebook and I bring this
01:54 wherever I go I use it to write down my
01:55 to-do's shopping lists my goals things I
01:57 want to learn more about and it's
02:01 everything you're saying I might need to
02:03 refer to it later just stop writing look
02:06 I'm merely trying to explain look this
02:12 I like it so much better than taking
02:14 notes of my phone digitally because I
02:16 actually have a sense of where it is in
02:17 the notebook and it feels more permanent
02:19 one thing that actually helped me out a
02:20 lot was to write things down to look up
02:21 later rather than just looking them up
02:23 on the spot for me I found that it's
02:24 actually kind of a distraction to have
02:26 infinite information so easily since I
02:28 might unintentionally Leave myself down
02:29 around the hole when I just look
02:30 something up this is especially useful
02:32 when I'm doing work and I'm trying to
02:33 stay in a flow state but even if you
02:34 reduce your phone usage and use a
02:36 notebook instead there's still the
02:37 problem of sometimes feeling tired and
02:39 unmotivated but the third item that I
02:40 use to boost my productivity and focus
02:42 is Adderall just kidding don't do that
02:44 the third item was actually this
02:45 unexpected Discovery so I found these
02:47 special gum and mints that claim to help
02:49 boost your focus and I wanted to test
02:51 them out at first I thought they might
02:52 just be some sort of marketing gimmick
02:54 but of the ones I tried this was the
02:56 only one that worked really well it
02:58 contains a pretty simple list of
02:59 ingredients like just caffeine
03:00 l-theanine and B vitamins but all of
03:02 them together have been shown in some
03:04 studies to have a synergistic effect and
03:06 I definitely felt that when I tried that
03:07 for the first time it's subtle enough
03:09 that I don't really feel any crash on
03:10 them yeah and they're just they're
03:12 really easy to get and I'm not sponsored
03:13 by the company to say any of this I will
03:15 say that with things like this it might
03:16 not work the same for everybody but for
03:17 me it gives me the perfect level of
03:19 energy when I'm in a slump even my
03:21 girlfriend she started using them as
03:22 well but unlike this last item this next
03:23 item will actually work for people of
03:25 all ages and that's because it was
03:26 actually originally designed for kids
03:28 surprisingly when they put on the market
03:30 they found that it works even better for
03:32 adults but to understand why let me
03:34 first explain what the Pomodoro
03:35 Technique is which you might have heard
03:37 before it's basically a productivity
03:38 technique where you use a kitchen timer
03:40 and you set a period of time to do work
03:42 and after that you take a small break
03:43 which actually works quite well it's
03:44 basically like organizing a work session
03:46 like a workout session having sets and
03:48 Reps but the thing is what timer you use
03:50 can actually affect your focus so this
03:51 company came along and originally they
03:53 designed this new timer for kids to be
03:55 able to visualize how much time they
03:56 have left without it becoming
03:58 distracting and it ended up working so
04:00 well that they actually conducted
04:01 clinical studies on the specific timer
04:03 and found that it increased levels of
04:05 self-regulation it was just because of
04:07 this one simple feature that they added
04:08 this red progress I really like how it's
04:10 complete analog and ahiba said a timer
04:12 with just one hand which is super handy
04:14 whenever I'm taking a break having a
04:15 meal or going through a work session
04:17 it's so satisfying to see the timer
04:18 countdown as I get closer to finishing
04:20 my work session I actually use this
04:22 maybe like 20 times a day even for small
04:23 tasks like cleaning my room and because
04:25 this one that I have has a cover
04:27 sometimes I'll even bring it with me
04:28 when I'm traveling because it also has a
04:30 silo mode if I'm in a cafe or library
04:32 though this last product is pretty
04:34 discreet this next one is not so much
04:36 but even so I still bring this one every
04:39 day when I go to the gym because it
04:40 helps me stay focused and have a great
04:42 workout I used to always check my phone
04:43 in between sets when I was working out
04:44 but then I'll get so distracted with
04:45 things like responding messages finding
04:47 new things to listen or even just
04:48 recording my sets the constant taking
04:50 the phone in and out of my pocket would
04:51 really disrupt my workout but I found a
04:53 solution that has been a total Game
04:54 Changer so I had this selfie stick
04:57 laying around and I started to use it
04:58 during my workout since I just have my
05:00 workout tracker the whole time I can
05:02 clearly see my rest timer and how many
05:03 sets I have left just this small thing
05:05 of having a dedicated spot for my phone
05:08 while I work out I pretty much stopped
05:09 scrolling or responding to messages in
05:11 between sets and this one thing
05:12 definitely helped me focus more on the
05:14 gym and get my workouts done faster I
05:15 found that making things hands-free
05:16 really helps me Focus it's kind of like
05:18 how texting and driving is really
05:19 dangerous but talking on the
05:20 speakerphone and driving isn't which
05:22 leads me to the next device a product
05:23 that makes things hands-free and I
05:25 actually stole this idea from an airbnd
05:26 that I stated kind of like this
05:28 high-tech Airbnb where there were a ton
05:29 of gadgets but the thing that stood out
05:31 to me was everything was connected to
05:32 this voice assistant if I wanted to play
05:34 music turn off the lights or even change
05:36 the temperature all I had to do was just
05:38 say it out loud and it would just do it
05:40 I used to be skeptical about these voice
05:41 assistants but since I set one up in my
05:43 room it's literally so convenient that
05:45 it was worth every penny I can tell it
05:47 to play with my noise turn on my fan
05:48 even set a reminder and the best part is
05:50 like I don't need to fiddle with any
05:52 interfaces or even get up from my desk
05:53 there was a study that shows switching
05:55 from one task to another can take 23
05:57 minutes for you to get focused again and
05:58 this just offloads all the unnecessarily
06:00 complex tasks there's some pretty
06:02 complex stuff you can do with it if you
06:03 take the time to set it up but I
06:05 definitely think this is one of those
06:06 things that is worth the investment
06:08 because it can save you a ton of time
06:09 down the line but the seventh product is
06:11 probably one of the most powerful
06:12 although you might not feel the positive
06:13 effects immediately when you're using it
06:15 multiple Studies have shown that by
06:16 using this it can increase your focus
06:17 and even dramatically boost your mood in
06:20 the long run so if you ever have the
06:21 problem of your sleep schedule shifting
06:22 later or even just bad sleep it's most
06:24 likely caused by Blue Light basically
06:26 blue light tells your brain that is time
06:27 which means your circadian rhythm will
06:29 be disrupted since your body is thinking
06:30 that you're in a different time zone so
06:32 if you wear these at night like two to
06:33 three hours before bed it will
06:34 completely block out all the blue light
06:36 on your phone computer and even your
06:37 room like even even these type of Lights
06:39 it'll block them out yes there are apps
06:41 that you can do to block out blue light
06:43 on your phone and computer but it's
06:44 still not filtering out the light
06:45 completely compared to using these and
06:47 with these I can still use the computer
06:48 at night and even watch movies with my
06:50 girlfriend without it negatively
06:52 disrupting my sleep which as you know is
06:53 the single best thing you can optimize
06:55 for if you want to have more Focus
06:56 productivity and happiness if you're new
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07:08 the motto of this Channel and if you
07:09 want to try any of these products I'll
07:11 have them Linked In the description it
07:12 helps out the channel but remember to
07:14 focus and I'll see you in the next one
