How Boredom Leads To Greatness

we are less bored than our ancestors were but we are much more afraid of boredom boredom is something most of us try to avoid in some way we are scared of it facing all the undesired thoughts that occupy your mind can be very tough but boredom is actually one of the best things that can happen to you and is something that changed the lives of many individuals right now we live in a world where people are constantly trying to escape boredom most people are constantly trying to fill up their time with meaningless activities they would

rather do anything than be bored people are so afraid to stay alone with their own thoughts and boredom can indeed be very uncomfortable what can we say when now most people can't even go to the bathroom without taking their phone by constantly trying to escape boredom you'll create an inability to stay alone with your thoughts as a result you'll lose touch with your own self and and what you want in life your creativity will most likely decrease to zero as you don't give your mind any time to think and if so how are you supposed

to come up with any great idea escaping boredom will also largely impact your focus if you constantly numb yourself with activities that create large increases in dopamine and pleasure everything else will seem boring and meaningless however if you spend a lot of time alone being bored with your own thoughts most of the activities you know you have to do but don't because they may seem boring would be much easier to execute building a business studying and other not easy tasks will require much less mental friction to execute because they are all more exciting than just

staying alone with your own thoughts you see your procrastination would most likely disappear if your another alternative would be simply doing nothing but because you can scroll Tik Tok all day and play a video game instead it becomes much harder boredom may not be extremely exciting while it definitely doesn't bring a lot of pleasure but it can completely change your life boredom is what leads to analyzing and understanding your own self it leads to your mind going to a creative state and coming up with new ideas you have never thought about before now I want

to talk about some of the greatest people in the history of our world and how boredom LED them to coming up with revolutionary ideas and changing the world the first person I want to talk about is Isaac Newton and his famous story of discovering gravity Newton's discovery of gravity is one of the most important discoveries of all time and who knows where the world of physics would be today without his Discovery perhaps Einstein's general fear of Relativity wouldn't have been even created as The Story Goes Newton was sitting under an apple tree in his garden

bored out of his mind when an apple fell from the tree and hit him on the head this event got him thinking about the force that caused the Apple to fall and he began to wonder whether this Force might be the same force that kept the moon in orbit around Earth Newton spent the next few years developing his theory of universal gravitation he realized that the force that caused objects to fall towards the Earth was the same force that kept the planets in orbit around the sun he also developed mathematical formulas that describe the relationship

between the mass of two objects and the force of gravity between [Music] them the significance of Newton's discovery of gravity is hard to state it revolutionized our understanding of physics and the universe and laid the foundation for modern physics it also had a profound impact on many other fields of science including astronomy engineering and even biology the key lesson we can learn from this story is that being Bor and having an ability to question things can lead to great things you see Newton was not a afraid of just staying alone with his own thoughts in

his garden and of course 1,400 years ago there was no social media but still he was analyzing the world around him and connecting to it in a way his mind wasn't distracted which led him to questioning the Apple that fell on his head today situations like this are much less likely to happen because people are losing touch with nature and do not want to spend their time alone with their own mind similar to Newton James Watt who was a Scottish scientist came up with an idea for a steam engine while watching a boiling Kettle in

his kitchen bored and distracted by the sound it was making which he found an inefficient and wasteful way to generate steam at the time steam engines were already in use but they were inefficient and unreliable wat was fascinated by the potential of steam power and he set out to design a more efficient Engine That Could be used in a wide range of applications from powering factories to propelling ships watt's invention had a profound impact and shaped the world the way it is today this is another great example of how boredom LED what's mind to creativity

and ability to come with a new revolutionary idea I'll give you one last example but it will be about a person much closer to us in the timeline Steve Jobs jobs was famously known for his ability to come up with innovative ideas and it is said that he did some of his best thinking during periods of boredom for example he reportedly came up with an idea for the iPod while on a plane boarded with the limited entertainment options available to him great philosophers also have a lot to say about boredom Friedrich nich said he who

completely entrenches himself against boredom also entrenches himself against himself he will never get to drink the most pent refreshing draw from the deepest well of his own being Emmanuel Kant believed that boredom can Inspire us to look beyond our immediate surroundings and explore new ideas and possibilities by embracing boredom and allowing ourselves to experience the discomfort it brings we can open ourselves up to new discoveries and Innovations you have to learn to love being alone in some way bored not lonely but alone enjoy your own existence and learn not to be bored from it use

boredom to find your true self and practice mindfulness full focus on the current moment understanding that you shouldn't be afraid of boredom and instead embracing it using it to become a better person is a very important concept get comfortable with your own thoughts and nothing will be able to stand in your way great ideas often arise from the depths of boredom for it is in the moments of boredom that we are forced to confront the limitations of our present circumstances and are inspired to explore new possibilities it was a pleasure to create this video and

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