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Why You Can’t Focus (and How to Fix It Fast)

Ali Abdaal, 15 min, 309.7K views, Mar 26, 2024

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The first 500 people to use my link will receive a one month free trial of Skillshare:  https://skl.sh/aliabdaal03241 How to improve focus is one of the questions I get asked most. Whether you're a student, creator, professional or entrepreneur, being able to focus easily is extremely helpful. So this video is the second in a three part series about focus, where we're going through 5 strategies to help you focus. Let me know what you find useful in the comments! Enjoy x -- 📕 Check out my New York Times bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity: https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/amazon/yt And if you've read the book, I'd love it if you could leave a review here: https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/ytazreview 💌 Join LifeNotes, my weekly email where I share what I’m reading & learning: https://go.aliabdaal.com/lifenotes/yt 🍿 WATCH NEXT: 5 Mistakes Ruining Your Focus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rqiba5mqLk How to Make 2024 the Best Year of Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DOG_mXz5w Why Perfectionism is Ruining Your Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elAFB0HSBgo 📈 If you want to start or grow a YouTube channel: https://go.aliabdaal.com/exp 💌 Free Weekly Productivity Insights: https://www.aliabdaal.com/sunday MY FAVOURITE TOOLS & GEAR ⏰ Rize - How I track my time and stay productive - https://rize.io/aliabdaal 📩 Superhuman - My favourite email app - https://go.aliabdaal.com/superhuman ✍️ Shortform - My favourite place for book summaries - https://go.aliabdaal.com/shortform 📚 Readwise - How I remember everything I read - https://go.aliabdaal.com/readwise 🎵 Epidemic Sound - Music & SFX in my videos - https://go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound ⚙️ Notion - How I manage my life and business - https://go.aliabdaal.com/notion 💰 To get free fractional shares worth up to 100 EUR/GBP, you can open an account with Trading 212 through this link https://www.trading212.com/promocodes/ALI - Terms apply. When investing, your capital is at risk and you may get back less than invested. Past performance doesn’t guarantee future results. MY OTHER SOCIALS: 🎙 My podcast Deep Dive - https://www.youtube.com/c/DeepDivewithAliAbdaal/ 🌍 My website / blog - https://www.aliabdaal.com/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 📱  TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@aliabdaal 👨💻  Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 🎥  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aliabdaal/ WHO AM I? If we haven’t yet before - Hey 👋 I’m Ali, a doctor-turned-entrepreneur and I’ve somehow become the world’s most followed productivity expert. Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast Deep Dive and writing, I share evidence-based strategies and tools to help you be more productive and build a life you love. PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜 ⌚️Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:51 - 1. The Ready to Resume Plan 4:46 - 2. The 40 Hz Tactic 7:13 - 3. The 10 Minute De-Clutter 9:50 - 4. The 90-20 Rule 11:48 - 5. The Colour Coding Hack PS: I donate 10% of my income to charity every year. Would you like to join me? Learn more about the 10% Pledge: https://aliabdaal.com/giving-what-we-can/

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