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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