How Do You Define Your Sucess

#1 remove your triggers and distractions #2 Do a dopamine detox #3 Mindful meditation.

What Are The Solutions

Social media as an example gives you high frequency low effort dopamine spikes.

This becomes a problem as these high frequency, low effort, high dopamine actions or behaviors doesn't exist in real lif

#1 Map out all distractions. #2 Remove all these distractions completely. If you procrastinate in anyway or feels "withdrawal " in anyway, you are addicted to procrastination.

How to Understand Your Procrastination Addiction?

This is not as ADHD which is neuro developmental disorder. Procrastination is more like an environmental behavioural issue. But smartphone or this inattention could trigger or even lead to this disorder. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8129617/#:~:text=21%20Depression%20has%20a%20significant,to%20poor%20attention%20and%20inhibition

This Is Not ADHD.

The author recommends 20-30 minutes/every day for 2-3 weeksto start seeing some benefit.

"Meditation Helps The Focus Muscle"

What's the difference between procrastination As a behavior and as a n addiction. As humans it's natural to procrastinate but as an addiction you are dependent on this behavior to a level for this is the reason for your living.

Procrastination As an addiction.

How do you procrastinate? What are your triggers and distractions?

How do you procrastinate

As a doctor the author explains how his job is not high frequency low effort dopamine hits. In real everyday life it is not possible to have these high frequency low effort dopamine that leads to success. The author further explains it's abnormal to have these high dopamine spikes every 30 seconds in real life

What is not this post? This is not a substitute for the video but hopefully you could know the idea than just understand it at the end of it?

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Time stamps 
00:00 Intro 
00:35 What’s the difference?
03:15 The real problem 
04:42 How to know: Step 1 
05:19 How to know: Step 2
07:12 Is it different from ADHD? 
09:07 Solution step 1 
09:47 Solution step 2 
11:07 Solution step 3 

If you're new to the channel and want to know a little bit more about my story and what I do, then check out this TEDx talk I gave: https://youtu.be/TQXMl4GycD0

I also received the Dean's Award of Academic Excellence for being the top graduating student for the Master of Education at Monash University in 2022 (while only studying for a few weeks). Here is a video on how I did that: https://youtu.be/RJKNtXgo39o 
 
Interested in mind mapping? Then these videos might be for you: 
https://youtu.be/5zT_2aBP6vM
https://youtu.be/mHAhV8YIlks

Are you serious about academic success? If so, you should get a lot out of these videos:
https://youtu.be/RJKNtXgo39o
https://youtu.be/npALpfdatws

Up to your neck in flashcards and Anki but not getting the results everyone says you should be getting? Here is an apparently ‘controversial’ but super valuable (and PROPERLY evidence-based) take on Active Recall and Spaced Repetition (rather than the pseudo-evidence most ‘gurus’ regurgitate): 
https://youtu.be/--Hu2w0s72Y

Read my overview report on learning (referenced):
https://bit.ly/ReportOnLearning
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Justin Sung is a former medical doctor, full-time learning coach and consultant, top 1% TEDx speaker, education author, and social entrepreneur. He has an MBChB and BMedSci (Hons - First Class) from the University of Auckland, and an MEd from Monash University. He is invited to hold workshops and lectures at Monash University and the University of Auckland, as well as for various organisations around the world.

He is the co-founder and Head of Learning at iCanStudy. iCanStudy developed the world's first cognitive retraining program focused on enhancing self-regulated higher-order learning and deep processing. Over the past decade, he has worked with over 10,000 learners from ages 10 to 80+ in over 120 countries. In the 7 years prior, Justin worked in the non-profit education and mentoring space for disadvantaged students.

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