How I Trick My Brain To Study Focussed Everyday?[Andrew Huberman Method]
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Rahuram Chanthrakumar
Are you a GATE 2025 or 2026 aspirant struggling to stay focused? Does your smartphone hinder your GA...
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13 hours a day this is the average time I use my phone every day for 30 days in May and in June I was not able to sit and stady for Just 2 hours a day and the second week of June I broke that cycle scientifically so it's been F day I've been researching here at it madas I finished all of my work at I8 made four videos in 20 days which is one of the highest in the Channel's history and eventually we got this guy so how am I able to quickly remove all of my distractions and start studying for hours in just 7 days so in this video whether you think you are lazy or average we'll find scientific solutions that quickly make yourself focused on studies for 10 to losss day secondly countless research points distractions are a major factor for poor academic performance so we'll discuss simple and practical scientific tips to beat all distractions and in today's world we are have to depend on smartphones and laptops for exam preparation so I will share five apps that will make it impossible to waste time on internet during your study and my web browser presents me with the the news of the day and before I know it I've been lost you know 15 20 minutes has gone by from the moment that I woke up my life was a series of Scream It's Time to buckle down open your computer and check your phone first of all why do we get distracted there is a concept in science if you do something for 21 days then it becomes a habit SE and because of that I lost control of my life so in the month of May I've been hospitalized for 30 days my health is actually not getting better in fact it's getting worse and worse every single day so one day I took my phone I searched what might be the reason my health is not improving and if you're hospitalized I have one tip for you never ever tried to find the reasons through your phone it will show the possibility of many diseases even it shows a possibility of cancer very negative and I started using social media because I felt better plus I was watching IPL every single day without fail and after 30 days my physical health is fine and I came to I and when I decide to sit and walk like before I can't I forced myself to study for some time using for Stu but Beyond 2 hours I started scrolling phone watching movie T20 World Cup and then I decided to change if you don't know about me I'm someone who approaches everything scientifically as I was unmotivated to read books I searched YouTube De plus how to stay focused and this video popped up that's when I realized distraction is not due to lack of focus distraction is due to power stimulation what does it mean observe our life we have Instagram WhatsApp Cricket movies we are surrounded with things that gives us stimulation there is a chemical called dopam that will produce in our brain when we eat our favorite food or having sex the same chemical will produce when we watch res when we get likes from our Instagram story watching our favorite shows but study sessions are not as stimulating like that so I'm distracted not due to lack of focus it's caus due to over stimulation so ideally I decided to train my brain to be okay with less stimulated life and for the next s days I did two things firstly I changed my lifestyle two I did activities that moves my brain's ability to focus so what are all the changes I have made in the summer days before telling you that now a quick announcement for you if you're looking for a good gate coaching at an affordable price I would recommend gate balla as they have their batches start by India's best Educators in both Hindi and English and it's independent day to celebrate that PW is giving 75% on all gate batches and test series offer ends this Sunday so endroll today and additionally you can use my code Ragu 500 for additional 500 rupes off B details rbj crash course 1499 rbj test series at 99 St at es plus gate 7 batch at 17800 baram 2. 0 G 2025 batch B English and English at 599 VJ 2. 0 G 2025 rank Improvement batch B at 4400 s 2.
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to midnight they were given a task to complete and the tasks one have to follow certain steps and the procedure is also given while they were doing the task the researchers interrupted the students periodically but all of them completed the task and now here is the T now one half of the students sent back to home for sleep and other half in lab staying awake the next morning the same task was given with same periodic distraction but this time the people who had good sleep Whenever there was a distraction was present they quickly refocused back to the task and have completed it but guess what the sleep deprived students not everyone can't able to refocus and complete it so secondly sleep sleep for at least 7 to 9 hours a day only now I hate this one person in my life I remember one guy during my gate exam preparation he's very smallart he grabs concept quicker so whenever I had a doubt I asked him and he clarifi me that he's very humble and he comes to study hall every day and study for hours and eventually he found one girlfriend and after that they both used used to come and study every day but after some time I don't know why what happened they fought and they separated and this guy in the month of January where everyone was preparing interance instead of focusing on his gate preparation he went to her hometown to convince her and she said no and after that certain days when I met him he told that Ragu I think gate is not my cup of tea from many friends I observed it appears at least don't get into relationship during your competitive exam preparation now listen to this person he's a millionaire American vendor capitalist founder CEO we kind of knew something bad could happen we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how Society works the short-term dopamine driven feedback loops that we have created are destroying how Society Works he is also one of the former executive officer at Facebook listen social media is developed by best brains in the world so that you can use it more amount of hours they are designed to give you M his every time so actually you can't win them so just quit social media there's one Professor I read in kort's blog he used to never check his phone till 4:00 p. m. except calls and I adapted the same during the process I started with not using mobile phone except call till 12:00 p.