How to Improve Effortlessly

🧠 Discover why the harder you try to improve, the more likely you are to fail - and learn the science-backed approach that makes lasting change feel effortless.

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▶️Also watch:

1. Brutally Honest Advice for Young Men - https://youtu.be/JHL-cGcXzdU

2. Live For Yourself, Not For Others - https://youtu.be/p5vnuv0vW94

3. What actually matters in your 30s - https://youtu.be/_RtJLC3A7Mk

TIMESTAMP

0:00 - Introduction

1:52 - Chapter 1: "Natural Flow Philosophy"

3:42 - Chapter 2: "Mental Decluttering"

5:37 - Chapter 3: "The Systems Advantage"

7:27 - Chapter 4: "Environment as Autopilot"

9:18 - Chapter 5: "Strategic Rest as Acceleration"

11:34 - Chapter 6: "The Minimal Effective Dose"

13:29 - Chapter 7: "Joy-Based Productivity"

15:18 - Chapter 8: "Consistency Over Intensity”

17:15 - Chapter 9: "The Compounding Effect"

19:13 - Chapter 10: "Your Effortless Implementation"

💡📚 Below is a curated list of books and research papers that further explore some of the concepts discussed in this video. (some links are affiliate links, which help support my channel)

BOOKS

1/ Atomic Habits by James Clear

https://amzn.to/4dPGjWi

2/ The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

https://amzn.to/4dLRorb

3/ Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

https://amzn.to/4ktnafm

4/ Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

https://amzn.to/3T9ZjFi

5/ Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg

https://amzn.to/441yKIz

6/ Essentialism by Greg McKeown

https://amzn.to/3HtIvqs

7/ Willpower by Roy Baumeister

https://amzn.to/3ZgDWFZ

8/ The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy

https://amzn.to/4407Oc9

9/ Nudge by Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein

https://amzn.to/441yMQH

10/ Deep Work by Cal Newport

https://amzn.to/4mOE7SV

RESEARCH PAPERS

1/ Ego Depletion: Is the Active Self a Limited Resource? by Roy Baumeister et al.

https://faculty.washington.edu/jdb/345/345%20Articles/Baumeister%20et%20al.%20(1998).pdf

Seminal research demonstrating that willpower is a limited resource, supporting the script’s argument that relying on effort alone leads to unsustainable improvement.

2/ Psychology of Habit by Wendy Wood & Dennis Rünger

https://dornsife.usc.edu/wendy-wood/wp-content/uploads/sites/183/2023/10/wood.runger.2016.pdf

Reviews the cognitive and neurobiological mechanisms of habit formation and how environmental cues automate behavior, supporting systems-based improvement.

3/ A Conceptual Replication Investigating Links Between Early Delay of Gratification and Later Outcomes by Watts, Duncan, Quan, & McClelland

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6050075/

A modern replication of the marshmallow test, examining how early self-control predicts later success and the role of environment in supporting or undermining willpower.

4/ Physiological adaptations to low-volume, high-intensity interval training in health and disease by Martin Gibala et al.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3381816/

Demonstrates that minimal effective doses of exercise can produce significant health benefits.

5/ A Review on the Role of the Neuroscience of Flow States in the Modern World by Joshua Gold et al.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7551835/

Explores the neuroscience of flow states and how aligning skill and challenge leads to effortless, intrinsically motivated productivity.

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