Look yourself.

 Why are you staring at a blank screen again when you know you've got exams coming You've got an assignment that is dueand it might not be tomorrow It might be next week, but you know, you need to get it done what is it that is stopping you? And then you end up watchinganother YouTube video, you end up watching another TV show, you end up procrastinating again. Days, weeks go by and you wonder when is thiscycle ever going to end? And how do you break out of it? And not just once, not just for tomorrow for good. In today's video,we're going to have an intervention by the end of this video you are going to commit to changing things for good. I'm going to share with you the five best ways to study when you have zero motivation to, when you don't feel like it. And the first thing you need to do is go inside not outside. For that motivation, for that drive,that energy that you need and it starts with somethingyou've heard many people say before remind yourself of Why? Why are you taking that course? Why are you going to school? I know you have to but what is this for? Are you struggling because of school or are you struggling for something? One of these is a victim mindset and one of these is a champion mindset. Emotions are an essential partof executing any plan knowing something isn't enough you need to make yourself feel inspired.

 And that's not going to comefrom somebody outside, It's not going to come from me. One of the most surprisingthings about motivation, a common misconception that we have is that it often comes afterstarting a behavior not before. So this is the problem you're waiting for motivation to study when you need to study to get motivated. You need to go inside your own mind and find the active inspirationto move you forward. Your mind is ruled by two different systems the rational mind and the emotional mind. And both of them compete for control. Your rational mind; it wants to change something,it wants to study, it wants you to achieveyour potential in life. The emotional mind; it loves the comfort, it loves the safety, it loves doing the fun things,the procrastinating things. Every behavior hasa positive intention behind it. So stop waiting for motivation and ask yourself why does this matter? And it doesn't have to besomething noble or good. It could just be; I need to get a goodgrade so I can get into this university, so I can get this job,So I can make some money. But what is it that's going tocompel you to make some moves? The second thing you need to remember; start looking for the best environment. 

I promise you it's going to be way easier and way more effective. Environment is the invisible hand that shapes your behavior. You might think thatyour habits are a product only of your motivation, your talent,your willpower, your effort But your personal characteristics your intentions sometimes get trumpedby the environment around you. And this is nothing new it's been known for 80 years. In 1936, psychologist Kurt Lewin he wrote a simple equation thatEffectively summarized human behavior and it goes like this; B = f(P,E) this equations basically saying, behavior is the result ofthat person in an environment so think about it,when you're sat in an exam You're at the frontof the hall or the classroom and the teacher is standing over you and 30 other studentsare sitting in silence writing away Do you worry about motivation? No Are you motivated? Yes Do whatever you need toto design for your laziness, go to productive environments, structure the physicaland virtual space around you so that you make good choices by default. It's not about how motivated you are. It's about being in the right placeand designing for that laziness. 

The motivation, it'll find you later. The next tip is 'State Change' When you have no motivation What is it like? Just pay attention to your body How is it moving? What are your eyes focusing on? How many tabs do you have open right now? How many other things are you trying to do? What you need to dois change your emotional state. 

Your mind and your bodythey're interconnected. When your body gets tired aftera long day, your mind gets tired When you haven't eaten;your body is craving more calories your mind finds it hard to focus. And an easy way to changethe way that you feel in an instant so that you get motivated again is to change your physical state just notice what your breathingis like when you're motivated, when you're in flow,versus when you're distracted. There's several ways you can do this. The first one is go for a 9 minute walk. Spend time with your loved ones. Talk about your motivationlevels with someone. Do some Wim Hof breathing. Play an instrument.

 Take a long, warm bath or shower. Because this gets youinto a relaxed state of mind Which is important to get you inthe right frame of mind, the right focus and it's only when your mind is at ease that those alpha wavesstart rippling through your brain and you're more likely to lookinwards to introspect and think, "This is why I need to get this done." "This is why I need to focus." imagine what that will be like. And you already knowthis is intuitively true. Why else do you havemost of your best ideas while you're on the bus, on the train,when you're in the shower. You have no distractions around you, there's nothing you'retrying to solve or fix or do it's just one focus relaxing ease creates and urgency destroys Tip number four Think Negatively There's always people advising you to follow the law of attractionto think positively and envisage your success but there's pros and cons to everything. So it's important to think,what could go wrong? If you sit here doing nothing while you're listening to methe clock is ticking. 

You have less time now than you did before Do you feel motivated now? Instead of a vision board, create a worst case scenario,absolute failure board go to your kitchen, throw allthe junk food out the window burn it and go do a three hour workout because sometimes you need a jump-start, sometimes you need to take massive action to get you moving. And this is an idea I got from one of the world's best minds, a guy called Chris Hadfield who was an astronaut for 21 years and he only spent six months in space. So what was he doing the rest of the time? He was thinking negatively. Every single thing that could go wrong. He was planning, he was preparing,he was remembering What exactly he needed to dofor every scenario. You can call it negative thinking but it's productive and it works. Once you've understoodall of the potential risks and you've prepared against them There is no more fear Just motivation And the final tip; Set up a Non-Negotiable Agreement. Call your friend and tell them if I don't do my assignment by next week I'll give you a hundred pounds. This is known as a commitment device because if you commit to nothing you are going to bedistracted by everything. It's called Hyperbolic Discounting it's a fancy way of saying "We overvalue the short-runrelative to the long-run." So if I give you two similar rewards you will show a preferencefor the one that you can have now rather than later. Let me give you some practical examples It's obvious. Do you sit and watch TV? or do you go out for a run in the cold? Do you grab the fruit salad? Or the cheesecakelike everyone else for dessert. All of you know what's good right nowisn't necessarily good in the long run. And commitment devices likethe Non-negotiable Agreement they change this up. So that choosing whatfeels good in the short run not doing the taskyou need to, not studying it gets more costly. And in addition you haveto set a concrete goal instead of saying,"I'm going to lose some weight this year, I'm going to dosome more studying this year" You have to say something like I will spend two hours every dayafter school in the library focusing on my maths modulethat I'm weak on You get what you focus on in life and if you don't knowwhat you need to focus on if you don't commit to something you are doomed to fail and be distracted. 

Take it serious. Remind yourself, why are you doing this? Why does this even matter? Put yourself in environmentsthat factor in your failure where you knowyou're not going to feel like it but you're at the library anyway, you're at your study session anyway. Change your state, go for a walk go for a warm shower or bath,do whatever you need to. Think negatively aboutthe consequences of your behavior. And the final thing is set upa Non-Negotiable Agreement. Now for those of youwho want to take things further if you want to find outwhat your purpose is in life How to stop fallingvictim to procrastination And how to consistently stay calmand composed in any situation I have a course called Discoverywhich costs just seven pounds and you can check it outin the description below and learn the methods and techniques to help you createyour most meaningful life. Peace.