Dopamine Detox is a Cheat Code to Success
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the speaker addresses the issue of feeling stuck in life and lacking focus. They propose a 'dopamine detox' for seven days, involving limited phone use, no YouTube, abstaining from adult content, and daily meditation. This detox aims to reset dopamine levels, enhancing focus and enjoyment of simple activities, ultimately helping achieve personal goals.
Takeaways
- ๐ The main issue people face is not a lack of energy or knowledge, but a lack of focus.
- ๐ Cultivating focus is crucial for achieving goals, and the dopamine detox can help reset one's focus.
- ๐ฑ Minimizing distractions, such as limiting phone usage and avoiding multiple devices, aids in maintaining focus.
- ๐ก The speaker achieved significant financial success by focusing on singular tasks and avoiding distractions.
- ๐ The modern state of constant digital distraction, such as notifications and social media, hinders focus and productivity.
- ๐ A seven-day dopamine detox is proposed as a framework to reset dopamine levels and improve focus.
- ๐ฑ Limiting mobile screen time to one hour per day is the first pillar of the seven-day dopamine detox.
- ๐ซ Avoiding YouTube and other video platforms for seven days is the second pillar, to prevent procrastination and maintain focus.
- ๐ถโโ๏ธ The third pillar involves abstaining from adult films and imagery for seven days to reduce dopamine-seeking behaviors.
- ๐งโโ๏ธ Incorporating 10 minutes of daily meditation is the fourth pillar, intended to help reset the baseline of stimulation and increase focus.
- ๐ฐ Transitioning from the dopamine detox to 'monk mode' is suggested as a way of life to maintain focus and discipline beyond the initial seven days.
Q & A
What is the main issue the speaker believes people face in achieving their goals?
-The speaker believes that the main issue people face is not a lack of energy or knowledge, but a lack of focus.
How does the speaker suggest cultivating focus?
-The speaker suggests cultivating focus through a dopamine detox, which involves resetting dopamine levels to increase the capacity to focus.
What is the speaker's personal strategy for maintaining focus?
-The speaker's personal strategy includes using only one monitor, closing unnecessary windows, and keeping the phone on airplane mode most of the day.
What is the purpose of a dopamine detox according to the speaker?
-The purpose of a dopamine detox is to reset dopamine levels, which can help increase focus, discipline, and output.
How long does the speaker recommend for a dopamine detox?
-The speaker recommends a seven-day dopamine detox as a good benchmark.
What are the four key pillars of resetting dopamine levels as suggested by the speaker?
-The four key pillars are: 1) one hour a day of mobile screen time, 2) no YouTube, 3) no adult films or imagery, and 4) 10 minutes a day of meditation.
Why does the speaker advise against using YouTube during the detox period?
-The speaker advises against using YouTube because it can lead to procrastination and distract from accomplishing tasks, even if the content is seemingly productive.
What is the speaker's view on following Instagram models and how does it relate to the detox?
-The speaker views following Instagram models as a form of digital pleasure-seeking that can detract from real-life connections and focus, suggesting to mute or unfollow them during the detox.
How does the speaker describe the benefits of meditation in the context of the dopamine detox?
-The speaker describes meditation as a way to reset the baseline of stimulation, making it easier to derive pleasure from simple activities and increasing the capacity to focus.
What is 'Monk Mode' and how does it relate to the dopamine detox?
-Monk Mode is a lifestyle approach the speaker recommends after the dopamine detox, involving deep focus and discipline for six months of the year, followed by periods of enjoyment and balance.
Outlines
๐ง Reclaiming Life Through Dopamine Detox
The speaker addresses the audience feeling stuck in life with unfulfilled goals and dreams. They emphasize that the primary issue is not a lack of energy or knowledge, but a lack of focus. The speaker suggests that focus can be cultivated through a 'dopamine detox', which involves reducing distractions and focusing on singular tasks. They share their personal experience of achieving success by maintaining focus, using a single monitor and minimizing digital distractions. The speaker also mentions that after the detox, integrating these habits into daily life is crucial to prevent falling back into old patterns. The first step in the detox is limiting mobile screen time to one hour per day.
๐ซ Eliminating Distractions: The Dopamine Detox Reset
The speaker continues by outlining the second pillar of the seven-day dopamine detox reset: abstaining from YouTube and other video platforms. They argue that watching self-help videos can lead to a false sense of productivity, distracting from actual goal achievement. The speaker recommends using browser plugins to limit YouTube recommendations, focusing only on subscriptions. They also advise against consuming adult content and following Instagram models, suggesting that these digital distractions can hinder focus. The third pillar is a ten-minute daily meditation practice, which is intended to reset the baseline of stimulation and increase enjoyment from simple activities.
๐ Transitioning from Dopamine Detox to Monk Mode
The speaker concludes by discussing the transition from the dopamine detox to 'monk mode', a lifestyle that emphasizes deep focus and productivity. They describe their personal experience with monk mode, alternating between periods of intense focus and relaxation. The speaker suggests that after completing the seven-day dopamine detox, one should engage in a 21-day monk mode period, which is less intense but still focused on productivity. They encourage viewers to watch a linked video on monk mode for detailed instructions and to share their experiences with this approach. The speaker concludes by emphasizing the importance of focus in achieving life goals.
Mindmap
Keywords
๐กDopamine Detox
๐กFocus
๐กScreen Time
๐กSelf-Help
๐กProductive Procrastination
๐กMonk Mode
๐กAdult Films
๐กMeditation
๐กInstagram Models
๐กBaseline of Stimulation
๐กFlow
Highlights
The main issue people face is not a lack of energy or knowledge, but a lack of focus.
Focusing on a singular task can lead to enjoyment and the acquisition of necessary knowledge to achieve goals.
Cultivating focus is key, and the dopamine detox can help reset one's focus.
Most people are distracted by multiple devices and notifications, which hinders focus.
The speaker achieved significant success by focusing on one task at a time and minimizing distractions.
A dopamine detox is a short burst to reset dopamine levels, not a permanent lifestyle change.
The first pillar of a seven-day dopamine detox is limiting phone screen time to one hour per day.
Using a screen time widget can help monitor and control phone usage.
The second pillar is abstaining from YouTube for seven days to avoid distractions and unproductive procrastination.
Using a Chrome plugin to hide YouTube recommendations can help focus on specific content.
The third pillar involves abstaining from adult films and imagery for seven days.
Unfollowing Instagram models and muting their content can help reduce digital distractions.
The fourth pillar is meditating for at least 10 minutes per day to reset the baseline of stimulation.
Completing the seven-day dopamine detox can lead to enjoying simple pleasures and increased focus.
After the detox, transitioning to 'monk mode' can help maintain focus and discipline.
Monk mode involves six months of intense focus and three months of relaxation, leading to significant productivity.
Focus is the key to achieving goals, and optimizing focus can lead to success in life.
Transcripts
so look ladies and gentlemen i know a
lot of you guys watching this video are
feeling incredibly stuck in your lives
you have these incredible goals dreams
aspirations but you just don't know how
to accomplish them now if that is you i
need you to listen very very very
closely to the rest of this video
because in today's video i'm going to be
talking about how you can reclaim back
your life using the dopamine detox now
real quick let me tell you the first
place that you probably suck because
most people think that they lack energy
or they lack knowledge aka the know-how
and that is why they are not where they
want to be in life well that's actually
wrong the main thing that you are
lacking is focus because when you are a
person who has a lot of focus and can
focus in on a singular thing then it's
very easy to actually get the know-how
and you know the tangible knowledge
needed to accomplish your goals and
second when you're focusing on a
singular task and you can do that for a
long time you really start to enjoy it
now
how do you cultivate focus and this is
really where the dopamine detox comes in
because let me tell you the state of
normal people
right now most people on their desk they
have three different devices they have
an ipad an iphone a computer each one
has you know bell notifications going on
while that's running on a separate tab
they've got their twitter feed running
24 7. and for me one of the funniest
things are seeing people with you know
multi-display uh setup you know for me
one of the ways that i was actually able
to get to 10 million dollars after tax
by the age of 21 was through focus and
one of the ways that i was able to focus
was i have always just had one monitor
in front of me i've always just had one
screen in front of me and i've always
made sure that i just have the window
open that i need and any windows that
i'm not using are closed and can get
reopened later another example is even
when i was 14 15 16 and i was really
getting into the world of self-help
starting to read a book a week and you
know really just working on myself and
working on my capacity to focus and work
i was notorious for always just having
my phone on airplane mode you know most
of the day and then when i needed to use
it i would just take it off of airplane
mode and the reason i do this sort of
stuff is because i want to make sure no
one is able to rob me of my focus so as
i said if you're at a point in life
where you have these goals but it feels
like when you sit at your desk you just
you can't get to it like it's just it's
too hard you're just constantly
distracting yourself
that means that you need to work on your
focus and in order to work on your focus
you need to reset your dopamine levels
now i'm sure you guys have seen plenty
of videos on youtube about dopamine
detoxes what they are what they can do
for you uh you know how it can help you
achieve your goals well in today's video
what i'm really gonna do is i'm just
gonna give you a framework for the next
seven days of what to do to actually
reset your dopamine levels tangibly what
that's gonna feel like you know what
you're actually gonna like how your
experience of the world is gonna be
different seven days from now and then
most importantly how to integrate that
because here's what happens a lot of
times is people will do dopamine detoxes
and then from there you know one bad
habit will creep back in like for
example you know their phone is the
first thing they check in the morning
and you know they'll creep back in for
two or three days and then they're like
ah you know what when i'm doing work
might as well just have a podcast or a
youtube video playing in the background
and these bad habits start to sneak back
in so i'm going to show you exactly
after the 7 day dopamine detox how to
actually integrate this back into your
life now everyone might have varying
opinions on how long you should actually
do a dopamine detox for for me
personally i think seven days is a good
benchmark and there are four key pillars
to resetting your dopamine levels now
you need to understand that a detox you
know in of itself insinuates that it's
going to be a short burst so dopamine
detox for me as i said is not a
lifestyle it is a hard reset that you
press in order to reset your levels so
that way you increase your capacity to
focus to be disciplined and you know you
actually increase your output levels now
for the next seven days starting from
tomorrow here are the four things i need
you to do in order to practice a
dopamine detox now before i say this as
i said there are people that have you
know radically different approaches to
it these are just the four that i would
recommend over the space of the last
eight years ever since i was 14 so from
14 to 22 you know practicing different
dopamine detoxes at different points of
the year so the first one is one hour a
day screen time on your phone now if you
actually open up your iphone right now
i'm sure there must be a version of this
on android you can actually add your
screen time as a widget onto your home
screen so allow yourself one hour of
screen time every day for the next seven
days now if your job involves you know
your mobile phone for some reason which
by the way most of the time it doesn't
you can you know even if you need need
to use whatsapp for your work uh you
could just use whatsapp desktop because
it's just
of course you're still technically using
whatsapp but it's just a lot more
focused and it's just a lot more
purposeful than just being on your phone
so as i said one hour a day of mobile
screen time use for the next seven days
and even if you need to use it for your
work just find some sort of workaround
as i said this isn't something that you
do for the rest of your life this is
really just something to reset the
button so that has pillar number one of
the seven day dopamine detox reset which
is one hour a day of mobile screen time
hey just a heads up if you enjoy content
like this definitely go ahead and follow
my twitter i'm posting stuff like this
every single day on there in real time
just sharing my thoughts things that are
coming in my mind you know things that
have helped me get to this point in life
in fact if you go on there the first
pinned comment is a full thread on
exactly how i made 10 million dollars
last year in 2021 and the 10 things i
learned from it so i'll leave that on
screen and then i'll leave my twitter
handle in the description enjoy the rest
of the video now pillar number two of
the seven day reset is no youtube none
whatsoever i don't care if you think it
is productive and i've seen
i'd say you know
90 of people that watch self-help
youtube watch it and are just self-help
junkies right and just don't actually
apply it and what it is is if you know
to them it feels like productive
procrastination right you're still
procrastinating you're still not
actually doing or accomplishing anything
but in your mind you're thinking you
know i'm watching videos on how to focus
better while at the same time frying
your focus you know it's actually quite
ironic so no matter how much value you
think you get out of youtube and by the
way and i will say youtube is a very
very valuable place if used correctly
i'll give you a perfect example of how
to actually use a you know i'll give you
something tangible right here if you're
using chrome you can use a chrome
plug-in
and there's you know many of them out
there that basically hides youtube
recommendations that way when you go
into youtube
the only thing that will show up is your
subscriptions and it doesn't you know
offer any recommendations on the side so
that way you can be very very specific
about who you subscribe to and what
content you take in so that way you are
using youtube productively you know
rather than just looking for the next
hit of uh you know self-help junkie
videos so as i said that is a tangible
tip that you can take after the seven
days but for the next seven days and by
the way this applies to my videos as
well no youtube cut it out delete it
from your iphone delete it from your
ipad and do not use it on your desktop
now the third pillar of the seven day
reset is i'm not sure if i can actually
save the word so
we'll say adult films so no sort of
adult films no 18 plus stuff you guys
know what i'm talking about uh none
whatsoever now i know that some of you
guys are so addicted you literally
cannot not self pleasure yourself once
again you know what i'm talking about
here nice uh for seven days so that's
why i thought you know i would rather
give you guys a fair chance to see this
thing through rather than you know uh
just be super strict and you know maybe
only ten percent of you guys actually
accomplish this so you know you can do
whatever you want down there however
many times a day you know multiple times
a day i recommend obviously cut it back
as much as humanly possible if you can
do seven days without perfect i said i
know some of you guys can't but the big
thing here is just no
imagery and by the way you know to me
that also means you know none of these
instagram baddies that all you guys
following by the way and you're just a
little sad don't hear why do you guys
follow all these instagram models like i
don't know for me personally i don't get
it like unless you know this person in
real life and you actually have a chance
of
whatever sparking some sort of
connection with this person like just
why like it's wow and you know this is a
much longer video that i can talk about
but like when you put things on pedestal
whether that be a supercar or a
potential partner or literally whatever
it is to me it's just you're creating a
separation from it so unless this is
someone who you actually have a chance
with like for me just unfollow all these
instagram models that you follow and
stuff like that and i'll be honest
probably a lot of the girls that you
guys are following on instagram i know
personally in real life we've hung out
we've spent time together et cetera et
cetera these are people i i literally
know in real life and i even mute all
their stuff that's a brilliant invention
on instagram just mute people's stories
mute people's posts because when i go on
my feed and i'm really dialed in i don't
need to be deriving pleasure from
something that's digital like that and
not like an actual physical connection
so once again just a little side note
but it all ties into the fact that for
the next seven days no adult films no
nothing right if you do have to self
pleasure you know we'll call it that um
use your imagination old school way
right so moving on to pillar number four
of the seven day reset
is 10 minutes a day of meditation just
10 minutes that is it
obviously if you can do more if you can
do 20 minutes 30 minutes you know an
hour i'll be honest i know a lot of you
guys here have lots and lots of time a
day right so might as well if you can do
30 minutes that's incredible but as i
said earlier i want to set you guys up
to win and actually accomplish all of
these things so that is the fourth
pillar just 10 minutes day of meditation
so ladies and gentlemen when you
accomplish this for the next seven days
what it is really doing is just hitting
the reset button things that before you
found no enjoyment from you know just
looking at the view or just walking down
the street with no music playing right
just literally the sound of the street
you're gonna derive pleasure from things
like that when you didn't before even
just the 10 minutes a day of meditation
the first day it's gonna be super super
hard but by day seven you're gonna be
like i actually kind of enjoy this thing
basically what's gonna happen is your
baseline of stimulation so the amount of
stimulation you need in order to you
know get any pleasure from something is
gonna reset right it's gonna that's what
the dopamine detox does it's gonna reset
so that means that when you sit at your
computer before the things that you
found difficult or you're hard or let's
say you know when you pick up your
kindle or a book to read the things that
you found difficult or hard before now
you're like oh wow this is actually you
know i'm in flow i'm enjoying this so
that's what i meant when most people get
it wrong when they think that they need
more energy or they need more knowledge
that is not true instead what you need
is more focus and in order to have more
focus in your life you need to be able
to enjoy and derive enjoyment from just
the simple things so this is truly the
reset that you need in order to achieve
your goals now as i said this is just
seven days you might be wondering you
know what do i do after this well this
is where something called monk mode
comes in now monk mode is something that
i started talking about two years ago i
think there's been some books and stuff
written about it or
i think it's been like a general thing
that's been floating around for i don't
know how long but around two years ago i
started sharing my month mode protocol
and it just you know within my sort of
cult following it became a thing so what
you want to do after these seven days is
you want to go from dopamine detox to
monk mode so monk mode is really more a
way of life now monk mode is something
that i do six months of the year and
three months a year i'm basically just i
just party
you know work goes from my first
priority to like my third or fourth
priority and you know i just enjoy my
time in another three months i'm a
little bit live a little bit more of
that balanced lifestyle people talk
about so i'm gonna do is right below
this video i'm gonna leave a link to my
monk mode video on exactly how to
execute on it once you've done the seven
days of dopamine detox go straight into
21 days of monk mode it's a lot less
intense than dopamine detox so you know
you have that to look forward to and
when you attach these two things when
you do these two things back together
whatever your goals are for 2022
consider it done that's the way that i
view monk mode i know that if i can do
six months of month mode then it doesn't
matter that you know i'm only doing six
months of deep focused work and you know
three months a year i'm enjoying myself
and partying another three months it's
more of like a you know balanced
lifestyle as i said i know in that six
months i genuinely get more done in
those six months than most people do in
three or four years because these things
compound and they stack on top of each
other so ladies and gentlemen for those
of you guys who have done monk mode in
the past i want you to leave a comment
down below and share what your
experience has been with it so far go
ahead check out that monk mode video and
just remember focus is the thing that
you need to be optimizing for the more
that you can have singular focus on the
task that you are trying to accomplish
the more that you're gonna win in life
so on that note i'll catch you guys in
the next video
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