Tools: Focus

Burnout Buddy is an app blocker for iOS that helps you break free from addictive apps like social media and heal their impact on your mental health.

Music to improve focus, meditation and sleep.

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Mix ambient sounds together to wash away distraction and help you focus or relax

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Enhance your productivity with Focus Buddy’s AI-powered focus sessions. Stay on track, manage distractions, and achieve more in less time.

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computer guide: https://youtu.be/2qDE048ovsI this is the modern dumbphone, a system to make your phone work for you and not against you. this is an updated version with some new features! apps mentioned: iOS (no subscriptions) - homescreen: dumbify [$6.99] - extension(s): socialfocus or untrap for YouTube [$3.99] - app blocker: screenzen or burnout buddy [free] Android (all free) - homescreen: olauncher [free] alt: unlauncher [sideload] - extension(s): socialfocus or untrap for YouTube [free] - app blocker: screenzen [free] written guide: reysu.io/dumbphone 📺 some of my other vids : I made my smartphone into a dumbphone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmcOtIrZ8r0&list=PLacX82b_pofx0W3JjHZzi795ocRUZrSfT&index=2&t=373s A notebook to save you from infinite scrolling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmyfB513E1s&list=PLacX82b_pofx0W3JjHZzi795ocRUZrSfT&index=3 7 Purchases under $100 to quickly improve your life: Outline: 0:00 what is the modern dumbphone? 0:32 feature + setup walkthrough 1:10 why do this / results after doing this for over a year 2:42 how apps try to addict you 4:20 iOS + android setup guide 4:36 #1 delete apps 4:57 #2 turn off notifications 5:15 #3 optimize the browser 6:15 #4 homescreen customization 7:35 #5 create a social media schedule 9:39 additional tips / phone recommendation

Turn your iPhone into a Dumb Phone by swapping colored app icons and notification badges with simple text and no color. Avoid easy distractions and dopamine hits with a minimalist phone home screen.

Check out Rize using this link: https://rize.io/u/aliabdaal or use the code ALIABDAAL to get 25% off your first 3 months How to improve focus is one of the questions I get asked most. Whether you're a student, creator, professional or entrepreneur, being able to focus easily is extremely helpful. This video is the final in a three part series about focus, where we're going through 11 tools to help you stay focused. Let me know what you find useful in the comments! Enjoy x 🔗 LINKS: - I'm launching a productivity community, join the waitlist here: https://waitlist.productivity.club/?utm_campaign=Productivity%20Lab%20Waitlist&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Long&utm_content=Long%20-%2011%20Essential%20Tools%20to%20Focus%20for%2010%2B%20Hours%20a%20Day - Check out my free 7 day focus crash course: https://aliabdaal.com/7-day-focus-crash-course/?utm_campaign=7%20Day%20Focus%20Sequence&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Long&utm_content=Long%20-%2011%20Essential%20Tools%20to%20Stay%20Focused%20for%2010%2B%20Hours - Check out my New York Times Bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity: https://www.feelgoodproductivity.com/?utm_campaign=Feel-Good%20Productivity%20Book&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Long&utm_content=Long%20-%2011%20Essential%20Tools%20to%20Focus%20for%2010%2B%20Hours%20a%20Day - Phone wallpaper: https://aliabdaal.com/feel-good-wallpapers/ - If you've read the book, share your thoughts here: https://aliabdaal.com/fgp-rating/ - Forest: https://www.forestapp.cc/ - Rize: https://rize.io/u/aliabdaal - Toggle: https://toggl.com/ - Opal: https://www.opal.so/ - One sec: https://go.aliabdaal.com/onesec By the way, you can watch this video in a few other languages by changing the audio settings xx 🍿 WATCH NEXT: Part 1 of this series - 5 Focus Mistakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rqiba5mqLk Part 2 of this series - 5 Strategies to Improve Focus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bamBYQS8io How to Stop Wasting Your Life (5 Things to Avoid): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgBF3N3MhYw 📈 If you want to start or grow a YouTube channel: https://go.aliabdaal.com/exp 💌 Free Weekly Productivity Insights: https://www.aliabdaal.com/sunday MY FAVOURITE TOOLS & GEAR ⏰ Rize - How I track my time and stay productive - https://rize.io/aliabdaal 📩 Superhuman - My favourite email app - https://go.aliabdaal.com/superhuman ✍️ Shortform - My favourite place for book summaries - https://go.aliabdaal.com/shortform 📚 Readwise - How I remember everything I read - https://go.aliabdaal.com/readwise 🎵 Epidemic Sound - Music & SFX in my videos - https://go.aliabdaal.com/epidemicsound ⚙️ Notion - How I manage my life and business - https://go.aliabdaal.com/notion 💰Trading212 - How I invest my money - https://www.trading212.com/promocodes/ALI MY OTHER SOCIALS: 🎙 My podcast Deep Dive - https://www.youtube.com/c/DeepDivewithAliAbdaal/ 🌍 My website / blog - https://www.aliabdaal.com/ 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 📱  TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@aliabdaal 👨‍💻  Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 🎥  Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aliabdaal/ WHO AM I? If we haven’t yet before - Hey 👋 I’m Ali, a doctor-turned-entrepreneur and I’ve somehow become the world’s most followed productivity expert. Through my videos here on this channel, my podcast Deep Dive and writing, I share evidence-based strategies and tools to help you be more productive and build a life you love. PS: Some of the links in this description are affiliate links that I get a kickback from 😜 ⌚️Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:17 - Tools for Time Management & Tool 1 3:27 - Tool 2 6:58 - Tool 3 9:58 - Tool 4 12:47 - Tools to Combat Distractions 13:19 - Tool 5 14:48 - Tool 6 15:36 - Tool 7 17:24 - Tool 8 20:58 - Tools to Make Work Fun 21:43 - Tool 9 23:03 - Tool 10 24:10 - Tool 11

A powerful productivity timer that helps you focus and get stuff done. Start a timer or Pomodoro session, fight a busy day, or harness your ADHD superpower.

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It’s very hard to slow down and look closely at something. You may find it’s worth it.

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Set up a Focus on iPhone to help you concentrate by reducing distractions.

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Notifications can either be the foil of productivity or the difference between making or missing a flight. It’s important that your notifications don’t get so out of hand that you can’t keep up with them. Here are all the ways that you can organize, eliminate, or emphasize certain notifications so that you stay informed about the things you want.