How I Make Myself Work When I'm Lazy (from a Top 1% Med Student)
Summary
TLDRSalim, un estudiante de medicina en su último año, comparte su 'Método de Flujo', un enfoque de cinco pasos para trabajar eficientemente sin necesidad de motivación o disciplina. Incluye crear una rutina de enfoque previo al trabajo, evitar la multitarea con la 'ley de Parkinson', mantener una visión de túnel tanto mental como física, establecer un umbral bajo de esfuerzo y seguir la 'Regla de Dos Días' para la consistencia. Además, Salim ofrece coaching en línea personalizado para abordar problemas específicos de productividad y estudios.
Takeaways
- 😌 **Rutina de Enfoque Previo**: Iniciar la tarea con una actividad simple para prepararse mentalmente, similar a calentar antes de hacer ejercicio.
- 🔍 **Visión de Túnel**: Evitar multitarea y enfocar la mente y el espacio de trabajo en la tarea inmediata.
- ⏱️ **Parkinson's Law**: Utilizar el principio de Parkinson para despejar la mente y concentrarse en las tareas más urgentes.
- 🏋️♂️ **Umbral Bajo de Esfuerzo**: Establecer un umbral bajo de esfuerzo para comenzar tareas, lo que suele llevar a hacer más del que se planea.
- 📅 **La Regla de Dos Días**: No dejar de hacer una actividad por más de dos días seguidos, manteniendo la consistencia y flexibilidad.
- 🕒 **Horas Óptimas**: Identificar las horas del día en las que se tiene más energía para realizar actividades específicas.
- 🤝 **Cuentacuentos**: Incentivar la responsabilidad mutua con un amigo para mantener la motivación y el progreso.
- 💡 **Entender la Importancia**: Reflexionar profundamente sobre por qué es importante realizar una tarea y las consecuencias de no hacerlo.
- 📝 **Razones a Largo Plazo**: Escribir las razones inmediatas y a largo plazo para motivarse a trabajar en una tarea.
- 🚫 **Superar las Barreras Mentales**: Reconocer y superar las comparaciones con otros y enfocar en el proceso en lugar del resultado final.
Q & A
¿Qué es el Flow Method mencionado por Salim?
-El Flow Method es un método que Salim utiliza para trabajar de manera eficiente incluso cuando no se siente motivado, y lo ha aplicado para entrar a la escuela de medicina y comenzar su canal de YouTube.
¿Cuál es el primer paso del Flow Method que Salim recomienda para empezar a trabajar?
-El primer paso es tener una Rutina de Pre-enfoque, que es hacer algo fácil o simple antes de comenzar a trabajar o estudiar, similar a calentar en el gimnasio.
¿Qué es la 'Tunnel Vision' y cómo se relaciona con la productividad según Salim?
-La 'Tunnel Vision' implica tener enfoque tanto mental como físico, evitar multitareas y mantener el espacio de trabajo libre de distracciones para mantener la concentración.
¿Qué es la Ley de Parkinson para el 'brain dump' y cómo se aplica?
-La Ley de Parkinson para el 'brain dump' sugiere darle solo 3 minutos para listar todas las tareas pendientes y elegir las tres más urgentes para hacer ese día, comenzando por la más urgente.
¿Qué significa tener un 'Umbral Bajo para el Esfuerzo' y cómo ayuda a Salim?
-Tener un 'Umbral Bajo para el Esfuerzo' significa comenzar con una tarea pequeña que no requiere mucho esfuerzo, lo que suele resultar en hacer más del trabajo previsto una vez que se inicia.
¿Cuál es la 'Regla de los Dos Días' y cómo ayuda a Salim a mantenerse consistente?
-La 'Regla de los Dos Días' es una técnica para evitar skipear más de dos días seguidos en una actividad, lo que ayuda a Salim a ser consistente manteniendo también flexibilidad en su horario.
¿Qué es el servicio de coaching en línea personalizado que Salim ofrece y cómo se puede acceder a él?
-Salim ofrece un servicio de coaching en línea personalizado donde se puede hablar directamente con él sobre problemas de estudio o productividad. Para acceder a él, se debe visitar el sitio web proporcionado en la descripción del video.
¿Cómo sugiere Salim superar las barreras mentales para trabajar?
-Salim sugiere superar las barreras mentales comprendiendo realmente por qué algo es importante para uno y por qué no se está haciendo, escribiendo razones inmediatas y a largo plazo para cada tarea.
¿Por qué es importante para Salim enfocarse en el proceso y no solo en el resultado final?
-Enfocar el proceso en lugar del resultado final es importante para Salim porque le permite tomar acción y no solo pensar en la alta calificación o el éxito final, lo que puede ser más motivador y eficiente.
¿Cómo ha aprendido Salim a estudiar de manera más eficiente durante sus años universitarios?
-Salim ha aprendido a estudiar de manera más eficiente a lo largo de sus años universitarios identificando las cosas más importantes para obtener buenas calificaciones con el menor tiempo de estudio posible.
Outlines
📚 Método del Flujo para Trabajar sin Motivación
Salim, un estudiante de medicina en su último año, comparte su método confiable para trabajar eficientemente incluso cuando se siente perezoso. Describe 5 pasos del Método del Flujo que incluyen acciones y mentalidad para ayudar a otros a trabajar de manera similar. Destaca la importancia de la resistencia inicial al comenzar una tarea y propone una 'Rutina de Pre-Concentración' para prepararse para trabajar. Ejemplos incluyen pasar 10 minutos en silencio planeando la tarea o hacer un ejercicio ligero como un curso en Duolingo o Brilliant. También menciona la necesidad de evitar la multitarea y mantener una visión de túnel tanto física como mental para mantener el enfoque.
🏋️♂️ Mantener la Consistencia con el 'Umbral Bajo de Esfuerzo'
Salim explica cómo mantener la consistencia en actividades como ir al gimnasio o editar videos, a través de un 'Umbral Bajo de Esfuerzo'. Esto implica comenzar con una tarea pequeña que no requiere mucho esfuerzo, lo que suele resultar en hacer más una vez que se ha comenzado. Propone la 'Regla de los Dos Días', que evita el skip de más de dos días seguidos, y sugiere identificar las horas óptimas personales para realizar actividades. Además, anuncia un servicio de coaching en línea personalizado para ayudar a los estudiantes a mejorar su productividad y rendimiento académico.
🤔 Superar las Barreras Mentales y Enfocar la Importancia
Salim discute la importancia de superar las barreras mentales y enfocarse en la importancia de las tareas en lugar de solo en los resultados finales. Aconseja reflexionar profundamente sobre las razones inmediatas y a largo plazo para realizar algo y escribirlas para recordar la importancia de progresar. Comparte su experiencia personal de estudiar para el examen de admisión a la escuela de medicina y cómo eso lo llevó a enfocarse en el proceso en lugar de solo en el resultado. También menciona un video adicional que ofrece consejos sobre cómo obtener calificaciones altas con el menor tiempo de estudio posible.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Motivación
💡Disciplina
💡Flow Method
💡Pre-Focus Routine
💡Tunnel Vision
💡Parkinson’s Law
💡Low Threshold for Effort
💡The Two-Day Rule
💡Mental Barriers
💡Productividad
Highlights
Existe una forma confiable de hacerte trabajar sin necesidad de motivación o disciplina.
El método Flow Method se compone de 5 pasos que cubren pasos accionables y la mentalidad necesaria para trabajar eficientemente.
La primera etapa es establecer una Rutina de Pre-enfoque para prepararse para trabajar.
Ejemplo de una Rutina de Pre-enfoque: pasar exactamente 10 minutos en pensar en lo que se desea trabajar.
La visión de túnel ayuda a evitar la multitarea y a enfocar la mente en una tarea a la vez.
Parkinson's Law sugiere hacer una brain dump en 3 minutos para enfocar las tareas más urgentes.
Limpiar el espacio de trabajo物理上也应用túnel vision para evitar distracciones.
Establecer un umbral bajo de esfuerzo te permite comenzar tareas grandes sin sentir resistencia.
El 'Dos Días Regla' te ayuda a ser consistente en tus actividades sin perder la flexibilidad.
Identificar tus mejores horas para trabajar te ayuda a seguir el 'Dos Días Regla'.
Comparar tu progreso con el de otros puede ser desmotivador; es importante superar las barreras mentales.
Es fundamental comprender por qué algo es importante para ti y por qué no lo haces.
Escribir las razones inmediatas y a largo plazo para hacer algo puede aumentar la probabilidad de que lo hagas.
El enfoque en el proceso en lugar del resultado final puede ayudar a tomar acción y mejorar la productividad.
Se ofrece un servicio de coaching en línea personalizado para abordar problemas específicos de productividad o estudio.
El coaching en línea incluirá planes de acción personalizados y consejos detallados para mejorar la productividad o calificaciones.
Transcripts
Most people believe that they need to be motivated or disciplined to get work done.
But what if I told you that there’s a reliable way
to make yourself work without motivation or discipline..
I’m Salim, I’m a final year med student, and I’ve also done an undergrad and postgraduate degree.
And like you right now, I’ve had times where I’d be on YouTube when I should be doing work.
But over my 8 years at uni, I’ve figured out a reliable method to immediately make myself work,
even when i feel lazy - so that I work efficiently and still have time for more of what I care about.
So I’ll go through the 5 steps of the Flow Method which covers actionable steps and the mindset you
need to help you do this too - and the last point had a massive role in helping me get into med
school and start this YouTube channel, so stick around until the end for this important point.
So first, I have a question - when do you feel the most resistance to doing work? Usually,
it’s when you try to start a task, rather than carrying on.
And because of this, it makes sense for me to explain the first step you need
to take so that you can start doing work, even when you don’t want to - and this is
by making sure to have a Pre-Focus Routine - and I like comparing this to exercising.
When I’m at the gym, I warm up before I go on to using te heavier weights so
that my muscles can get ready to handle the higher weights.
And in a similar way for working, this is doing
something easy or simple that’s only ever done before you start working or studying.
It’s there to act similar to the warm up exercise at the gym, because it doesn’t need much effort to
do, but helps you directly prepare your energy into what you’ll be doing next.
So as an example for a pre-work routine, one thing I do is spend exactly 10 minutes to do
nothing besides think - I just think about what I want to work on, planning the exact thing I’ll
be starting on, so that when the 10 minutes is up, I’m aware of what I immediately need to do.
Or another example is that I do lesson on Duolingo or
Brilliant to ease myself into a focused mindset.
Leave a comment below for a routine that you’d do for yourself - just make sure
that the routine is something you only do before working,
so that you condition your mind to associate this routine with your work.
And now, I want you to think back to something I know you’ve experienced.
Think back to a time where you were on your phone, and somebody came up to you - they started talking
to you, but you couldn’t really listen to them properly because your mind was on your phone.
But after you put your phone away, you don’t remember what they said,
so they repeat what they said and now you can properly speak to them.
Those experiences make it very clear that you can’t do multiple things at once,
and this applies to getting work done; so what you should do,
is have Tunnel Vision - but this isn’t only to avoid multitasking, there’s a second part to this.
But first, the best way to avoid multitasking is to
apply Parkinson’s Law for a brain dump - and what does this mean?
Give yourself only 3 minutes to list down everything on your mind that you need to get done,
and pick up to three of the most urgent things to do today - whichever one you pick out first
is your most urgent, meaning your most time-sensitive - so start with that.
People think too much and that clouds their judgement, but by making it quick,
your brain just knows what needs to be done and what can wait until later,
without you having to actually think too much.
And I said there’s a second part to this - so similar to having tunnel
vision for directing yourself mentally, you should have tunnel vision physically too.
In an exam setting you only have what you need,
so make your work space similar where if there’s something you don’t need, get rid of it so your
mind and your eyes stay focused - because literally anything can become a distraction.
And you might think oh but, your desk isn’t clear - and you’re right, but I’ve only ever use my
desk to work, and I don’t have a problem with focusing anymore, so this point isn’t for me.
But now for the next point, there is something I do have a problem with, that most people have
too - quite a lot of the time when I have to go to the gym, or start editing my next video,
I don’t have any motivation to do them, or I feel a very strong resistance to doing them.
Because it takes a lot of effort - they take up a lot of energy to get through.
But what’s helped me maintain going to the gym 5x a week for the past few months,
or have a video out every single week, is having a Low Threshold for Effort.
This is when I tell myself that, I don’t need to do anything big, I don’t have to script,
record, and edit a video in one day - all I have to do right now,
is think of one thing I can start doing, and feel free to stop after that’s done.
If I don’t want to go to the gym, I just take a walk to my gym and back,
or for editing, this might only be adding music and sound effects to the videos.
And when I do this I noticed that, I always end up doing more than this low threshold;
99% of the time I’d end up going to the gym, or I’ll almost finish editing a video.
So for you, this could be doing the smallest thing to make progress on
your work or studying, whether that’s organizing your schedule for tomorrow,
doing a few practise questions, or writing a small paragraph for an essay.
This works because starting with nothing is what’s difficult - but once you get
going your mindset naturally shifts as you build momentum with your task.
And this idea of minimal effort links well
with the next point which is a rule that you need to follow.
So over the past few months, I said that I’ve been going to the gym 5x a week - and this is
the same for practising the piano 5x a week, or working on my YouTube channel.
And what’s helped me be consistent with this and still be flexible, is following
The Two-Day Rule - and there’s one thing I’ll get to that will help you follow this rule.
But first, this is a rule where you aren’t allowed to
skip more than two days in a row - the flexibility comes from the fact that,
if I really don’t want to go gym today, that’s fine, I just have to make sure I go tomorrow.
And the thing that helps me do this is identifying my best hours for what I need to do - so for gym,
I have the most energy in the morning, so I make sure that I save early mornings for the gym,
or for piano, I like practising at night, so I leave that for later.
This works with the rule because I can anticipate when I’ll be bothered to do
the thing, so that I don’t feel bad if I miss the gym today after med school,
because I know I’ll be happy to go early tomorrow morning.
This is something you can apply to almost anything,
like making sure to study at a time you focus better - and having a friend do
this with you can help you both be accountable for each other,
because you probably won’t want to lose to your friend, or you wouldn’t want to disappoint them.
And before the next point, you might have noticed that I haven’t had a sponsored video in some time.
And it’s not because I haven’t been getting sponsor opportunities,
it’s because I was thinking of how I can promote something to you that’s
as helpful as possible besides my YouTube or Instagram content.
I do believe in the sponsors I’ve mentioned in the past, but I felt as though there was more I
could do to help you learn better, not just for your academic life but also your personal life.
So I’ve been working on something I can give you by directly helping
you with your specific problems for productivity or studying.
And that’s through a 1-to-1 online coaching service where you can directly
speak to me about any problems you’re facing with studying or productivity.
The purpose of these video calls is to help me understand your personal problems, your goals,
and things you want to improve on, so that I can create a personalized action plan
and give you detailed advice that’s going to level up your productivity or grades.
And these consultations are just one part of the package - because even after them,
we’ll keep in regular contact and I’ll make sure you’re progressing
well and address any problems or questions you might have.
And you might be thinking, how much does it cost - so I’ll have two offers: for students,
I know that money’s hard to come by, so I’ll have a form you can fill out
with a reasonable price for you to suggest and we can work from there.
But because of this, I’ll only have 4 spaces for this student offer.
For everyone else including students that miss out on the spaces, I’ll have a fixed
price that changes depending on supply and demand, but there’ll be around 10-15 spaces.
So if you want real, personalized advice that I’m confident is going to take your
productivity or academic life to the next level,
visit my website linked in the description and I’ll see you in our next call.
And now for the next point, I have another question - how
often do you find yourself comparing your progress with another person’s?
I’ve had people commenting on my videos wondering how I manage everything I do, because they say
they’d find it impossible to do - and that mindset makes it even harder to get themselves to work.
And it also shows me that they feel they should have accomplished more with their
time - and this has been a problem for me, and I’m sure it affects you too.
Because even for piano or exercising, I feel that there’s more I could do to make progress,
more effort I can put in or different things I can try - especially when
I see how far other people have gone - which can be demotivating.
But what I’ve found useful to make myself work,
is overcoming the mental barriers - and I have a personal example at the end.
So before that, the first thing you need to do is really understand why something
is important to you, and why you aren’t doing it - because when was the last time you sat down to
deeply think about why you need to study for that exam besides thinking oh I need to pass,
or why you’re working the job you have that you don’t really enjoy.
Write down the immediate and long-term reasons for why you need to do something,
because that can make you more likely to get on with it when you realise what can
happen if you don’t do it, or can even help you realise that it’s not actually that important,
and you should be focusing on something else instead.
For example, I remember a point where I didn’t want to study for the admissions
test back when I was applying for med school, and it especially didn’t help
seeing how competitive it was to get into graduate entry medicine.
But I spent quite a bit of time thinking about why it was important that I did study,
what I was worried about happening if I didn’t study, and what could help me want to study.
When I spent time thinking about why it was important, I thought beyond the oh I need to
get a high score to get an interview - I thought about how it would set me up to become a doctor,
how it would help me learn about things I’m actually interested in,
and even back then I was thinking about how I’d make a YouTube channel as a med student.
Beacuse I thought about why it was important, I could then focus on the process of doing, because
I realised the importance of taking action, instead of only focusing on the end result.
And this focus on end result is something we
typically do because the end result is all we see online from other people.
So spend a good amount of time writing these things for what you need to be doing,
spend even up to an hour if you have to, because it’ll remind you why you need to make progress.
But another problem is that, even if you can think of good reasons to make yourself work
when you don’t want to, it doesn’t mean you’ll be using your time efficiently.
I’ve had this problem a lot sin my undergrad degree where I spent a lot of time studying,
but because I wasn’t using time productively,
I studied a lot more than I really had to, which took time away from my personal life.
But after thousands of hours of studying, I’ve figured out the most important things
to reliably get high grades whilst studying as little as possible.
And in this video here, I talk about the key things I’ve learnt from 8 years at university that
can help you make use of your study time as best as possible - so click the video to learn more.
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