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[00:03] Okay, well, let me start with a question.
[00:05] Okay, well, let me start with a question.
[00:08] At least I've never watched those videos on social media platforms where you can see the routine of the world.
[00:10] On social media platforms where you can see the routine of the world.
[00:13] See the routine of the world.
[00:16] The girl can be a young woman or manager.
[00:19] Chinese waking up at 5 AM, drinking their drinking movie, wearing back to work.
[00:20] Drinking movie, wearing back to work, going to the gym, people going to class.
[00:22] Going to the gym, people going to class or to work.
[00:25] Or to work.
[00:27] This content cares titles such as availing the life and sometimes the guru.
[00:31] Availing the life and sometimes the guru gives advice on how to be more productive.
[00:33] Productive.
[00:34] I know most of you I've encountered these videos at least once and a porch.
[00:36] I know most of you I've encountered these videos at least once and a porch of you go and actively look for those.
[00:38] Of you go and actively look for those and it feels good to watch them right.
[00:41] And it feels good to watch them right.
[00:44] I mean the life of these people seems so well put together was it just existing.
[00:46] I mean the life of these people seems so well put together was it just existing and trying to find the next hack to get some motivation in.
[00:49] And trying to find the next hack to get some motivation in or to shift the direction of your life.
[00:51] Some motivation in or to shift the direction of your life.
[00:53] Direction of your life.
[00:55] And so you keep on watching those because this routine may work for you as well right.
[00:57] And so you keep on watching those because this routine may work for you as well right.
[00:59] Because this routine may work for you as well right.
[01:03] Well, this is what I want to talk to you.
[01:05] Well, this is what I want to talk to you about today.
[01:06] About today, porn.
[01:08] Porn productivity porn, to be exact. And my aim...
[01:11] Productivity porn, to be exact. And my aim today is to show you how what they try...
[01:13] To sell you should be there just for entertainment and not real life.
[01:15] Entertainment and not real life replication.
[01:16] Replication. My aim today is also showing you how...
[01:18] My aim today is also showing you how what they try to tell you is so unreplicable and unsustainable.
[01:22] What they try to tell you is so unreplicable and unsustainable.
[01:25] Unreplicable and unsustainable. I know the name productivity porn sounds very odd.
[01:29] I know the name productivity porn sounds very odd.
[01:31] Sounds very odd, but describes the immediate satisfaction that watching these videos give us.
[01:32] But describes the immediate satisfaction that watching these videos give us.
[01:34] That watching these videos give us. They give us the illusion of doing something too, because it seems like...
[01:37] They give us the illusion of doing something too, because it seems like we're learning new techniques and routines that will help.
[01:39] Something too, because it seems like we're learning new techniques and routines that will help that will help us to be as successful as these people.
[01:40] We're learning new techniques and routines that will help that will help us to be as successful as these people.
[01:41] Routines that will help that will help us to be as successful as these people.
[01:43] That will help us to be as successful as these people.
[01:48] So the proliferation of this content has been supported by millions of users.
[01:51] So the proliferation of this content has been supported by millions of users.
[01:52] Been supported by millions of users because at the end of the day it seems like a simple equation, isn't it?
[01:54] Because at the end of the day it seems like a simple equation, isn't it?
[01:56] Like a simple equation, isn't it? I mean, it is a simple equation.
[01:59] I mean, it is a simple equation: waking up at 5 AM, drinking green smoothie, working out, plus getting things done.
[02:02] Waking up at 5 AM, drinking green smoothie, working out, plus getting things done.
[02:05] working out plus getting things done from your laptop.
[02:07] from your laptop equals successful individual with a glowy face.
[02:12] this content has been supported by millions of users who loves to watch them as they get a sense of everything that they would love to implement but end up trying and saying I can't do it.
[02:18] end up trying and saying I can't do it I'm not that kind of person.
[02:21] I'm not that kind of person well I would say about my experience using this equation very soon keep this in mind because we will come back to it in a second.
[02:29] in mind because we will come back to it in a second but there's something I need to make clear first.
[02:33] clear first the people in question haven't done anything wrong they were just sharing what worked for them hoping to help others.
[02:40] what worked for them hoping to help others the problem is the new way that the concept of productivity took in the last five years.
[02:46] the problem is the new way that the concept of productivity took in the last five years.
[02:49] five years productivity has become an increasingly Hot Topic to the point that we start trading it not as an approach to get work done but as a lifestyle.
[02:54] to the point that we start trading it not as an approach to get work done but as a lifestyle.
[03:00] now another problem is that usually these people have quite a big following which unconsciously leads us into
[03:07] which unconsciously leads us into thinking that if so many people are following and supporting these people then why am I not here is where my Sciences had kicks in and the psychological concept starts to be explained there's something called Dynamic social impact Theory According to which people influence each other and they do so primarily in terms of how often they interact with each other which ultimately leads into groups of like-minded people in other words they're forming a culture.
[03:40] which means that if so many people have a following and actually support these creators it's because there are other people that do the exact same but just like there are other people they do the exact opposite and manage to get their things done and exist quite nicely I'd say do we agree actually let's see by raising your hand how many of you wake up around five or six am
[04:09] okay do you manage to go for your to-do list?
[04:13] okay well thank you uh now how many of you wake up past 6 A.M?
[04:20] do you make sugar for your to-do list roughly?
[04:23] okay thank you thank you for answering because now you all became a new guinea pigs for my next experiment.
[04:27] new guinea pigs for my next experiment thank you include to laugh got it thank you.
[04:31] thank you.
[04:33] so about guinea pigs there is something that distinguishes from animals among which are meaning and motivation.
[04:38] which are meaning and motivation we do things not only because for an evolutionary a biological purpose but because we want to we need to or we're asked to.
[04:50] of course when we do things because we love them and we want to do them something magical happens because even if these things fall under the category have to do we treat them as if these were steps towards something we believe in and are passionate about.
[05:01] were steps towards something we believe in and are passionate about not as if it was work.
[05:08] times human beings can be so complex.
[05:11] times human beings can be so complex that even if we do the things we love.
[05:13] that even if we do the things we love when I get stuck who have doubts.
[05:16] when I get stuck who have doubts so it's desperate as we are in this.
[05:18] so it's desperate as we are in this situation we start to look around and.
[05:20] situation we start to look around and see what others are doing and how.
[05:22] see what others are doing and how they're doing it.
[05:24] they're doing it and when we see someone thriving there.
[05:27] and when we see someone thriving there there's this little voice inside.
[05:28] there's this little voice inside ourselves that tells us that we should respect to what they have.
[05:31] ourselves that tells us that we should respect to what they have and we think that these people are.
[05:33] and we think that these people are potentially keeping a secret from us on.
[05:37] potentially keeping a secret from us on how they have their life so we're put together.
[05:38] how they have their life so we're put together.
[05:40] together I mean they smile at the time they're surrounded by people they get amazing.
[05:41] I mean they smile at the time they're surrounded by people they get amazing results in what they do.
[05:44] surrounded by people they get amazing results in what they do and an explanation as simple as they're.
[05:47] results in what they do and an explanation as simple as they're just being themselves and doing what.
[05:49] just being themselves and doing what they love sounds too simplistic right.
[05:52] and an explanation as simple as they're just being themselves and doing what they love sounds too simplistic right.
[05:54] just being themselves and doing what they love sounds too simplistic right well this urge to imitate this category.
[05:55] sounds too simplistic right well this urge to imitate this category of people has been studying psychology.
[05:59] well this urge to imitate this category of people has been studying psychology as the prestige bias.
[06:01] of people has been studying psychology as the prestige bias a tendency to imitate or learn from the.
[06:03] as the prestige bias a tendency to imitate or learn from the.
[06:07] a tendency to imitate or learn from the.
[06:11] a tendency to imitate or learn from the prestigious people or those who have the respect and attention of others humans are said to have a Prestige bias.
[06:19] they're especially concerned or actually we are especially concerned we're detecting who has Prestige that is they seek the people who have skills and attention of others and they try to imitate what these individuals are doing.
[06:34] a recent study tested whether four years old children are indeed more likely to mutate the behavior of a prestigious model.
[06:41] in this study the children saw two adults choosing between one thing or another such as choosing which of two toys to play with and choosing which two kinds of food to eat.
[06:53] the way Prestige was replicated is that only one of the two adults was attended by two bystanders whilst these people were ignoring the other adults.
[07:04] and here is the interesting part later when the children had the chance to reply to make their own choices.
[07:11] to reply to make their own choices they were actually more likely to mutate
[07:13] they were actually more likely to mutate the behavior of the prestigious model
[07:15] the behavior of the prestigious model who had been attended by others
[07:18] who had been attended by others now if there are any Imam or dads in the
[07:21] now if there are any Imam or dads in the audience and you're struggling to make
[07:23] audience and you're struggling to make your kid eating vegetables or doing
[07:24] your kid eating vegetables or doing something else
[07:25] something else you can send me later
[07:29] so I hope that now you're more aware of
[07:31] so I hope that now you're more aware of the Dynamics that unconsciously drag us
[07:34] the Dynamics that unconsciously drag us into assuming that there is a winner
[07:36] into assuming that there is a winner model and a loser model in the way we
[07:38] model and a loser model in the way we should live and act in the world
[07:42] but what I really want you to be aware
[07:44] but what I really want you to be aware of is that the only thing you need to be
[07:47] of is that the only thing you need to be to be you need to do to be successful is
[07:50] to be you need to do to be successful is knowing yourself
[07:53] knowing yourself I fell in the productivity trap three
[07:55] I fell in the productivity trap three years ago
[07:56] years ago and what I've learned is that in order
[07:58] and what I've learned is that in order to be successful you need to be you
[08:01] to be successful you need to be you be real with yourself and others choose
[08:04] be real with yourself and others choose something you're passionate about and be
[08:06] something you're passionate about and be consistent with it
[08:07] consistent with it and if you get bored with that something
[08:09] and if you get bored with that something else will be out there ready for you to
[08:11] else will be out there ready for you to help you become the best version of
[08:12] help you become the best version of yourself.
[08:16] when I experimented with a six to ten.
[08:19] when I experimented with a six to ten schedule I was so productive.
[08:22] schedule I was so productive my goal was to try out another routine.
[08:24] my goal was to try out another routine to be as performant as possible.
[08:27] to be as performant as possible and honestly I did it.
[08:29] and honestly I did it but.
[08:31] but my social life was non-existent.
[08:34] my social life was non-existent I had tunnel vision in what I was doing.
[08:37] I had tunnel vision in what I was doing to the point that I didn't realize all.
[08:39] to the point that I didn't realize all the negative consequences that this.
[08:40] the negative consequences that this lifestyle brought.
[08:42] lifestyle brought foreign.
[08:44] foreign I was feeling good about what I achieved.
[08:47] I was feeling good about what I achieved and every person that will meet me.
[08:50] and every person that will meet me would always tell me I don't know how.
[08:52] would always tell me I don't know how you do it I don't think I will be able.
[08:54] you do it I don't think I will be able to.
[08:56] to and my answer will be.
[08:58] and my answer will be you don't need to.
[09:00] you don't need to in those months of my life I realized.
[09:03] in those months of my life I realized how each of us is different we all have.
[09:06] how each of us is different we all have different priorities and balances and we.
[09:08] different priorities and balances and we should make our choices solely based on.
[09:10] should make our choices solely based on those.
[09:12] those and choosing is easier than it sounds.
[09:16] and choosing is easier than it sounds because our body and mind provides us.
[09:18] because our body and mind provides us with a lot of Clues on what works best for us and what doesn't.
[09:20] with a lot of Clues on what works best for us and what doesn't.
[09:23] for us and what doesn't as I said I was feeling good about what I did that year but what I was losing.
[09:25] as I said I was feeling good about what I did that year but what I was losing was of much more importance.
[09:27] was of much more importance when it comes to your priorities.
[09:30] when it comes to your priorities you know what the things you care more about are no one else.
[09:33] you know what the things you care more about are no one else so in my case I just quit it and listen to what worked best for me.
[09:35] so in my case I just quit it and listen to what worked best for me.
[09:38] to what worked best for me do you know why the invention of the discovery sorry do you know why the discovery of fire is the biggest discovery of mankind.
[09:41] do you know why the invention of the discovery sorry do you know why the discovery of fire is the biggest discovery of mankind.
[09:44] discovery sorry do you know why the discovery of fire is the biggest discovery of mankind.
[09:47] discovery of fire is the biggest discovery of mankind because this saved our ancestors a lot of time.
[09:49] discovery of mankind because this saved our ancestors a lot of time.
[09:51] because this saved our ancestors a lot of time.
[09:54] of time they started to cook the meat which saved them time that they would have otherwise spent in chewing raw meat and digesting it.
[09:56] they started to cook the meat which saved them time that they would have otherwise spent in chewing raw meat and digesting it.
[09:57] saved them time that they would have otherwise spent in chewing raw meat and digesting it.
[09:59] digesting it time that they invested in making other advancements.
[10:00] time that they invested in making other advancements.
[10:02] advancements I mean we discovered fire and electricity to save us time to make our lives easier not to struggle in trying.
[10:04] I mean we discovered fire and electricity to save us time to make our lives easier not to struggle in trying.
[10:06] electricity to save us time to make our lives easier not to struggle in trying.
[10:09] to make our lives easier not to struggle in trying.
[10:12] I mean we discovered fire and electricity to save us time to make our lives easier not to struggle in trying.
[10:16] electricity to save us time to make our lives easier not to struggle in trying.
[10:18] lives easier not to struggle in trying to fit in someone else's life or to fit in someone else's life or replicating online trends.
[10:24] and here is where I really asked you to.
[10:26] and here is where I really asked you to mind the gap.
[10:28] mind the gap I want you to mine the Gap to a new awareness that all the progress we're making all the time we're trying to save should be invested in bearing yourself.
[10:30] I want you to mine the Gap to a new awareness that all the progress we're making all the time we're trying to save should be invested in bearing yourself.
[10:32] awareness that all the progress we're making all the time we're trying to save should be invested in bearing yourself.
[10:34] making all the time we're trying to save should be invested in bearing yourself in getting to know yourself.
[10:36] should be invested in bearing yourself in getting to know yourself embracing your strengths and weaknesses.
[10:38] in getting to know yourself embracing your strengths and weaknesses rather than comparing what you can't do.
[10:42] embracing your strengths and weaknesses rather than comparing what you can't do to what someone else can do.
[10:44] rather than comparing what you can't do to what someone else can do.
[10:47] to what someone else can do stop following online Trends and create your own.
[10:49] stop following online Trends and create your own.
[10:51] your own because you should be the first and biggest fan of yourself and your own content.
[10:53] because you should be the first and biggest fan of yourself and your own content.
[10:56] should be the first and biggest fan of yourself and your own content thank you.
[10:58] yourself and your own content thank you foreign.