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I Tried the World's Simplest Productivity Trick (it worked)

Simple Lucas2.4M views29:247mo agoWatch on YouTube

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Where viewers rewatch Replay peaks, measured by YouTube, not retention

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  1. Peak9:42 to 9:59
  2. Peak26:10 to 26:27
  3. Peak27:55 to 28:48
  4. Flat stretch9:59 to 12:03
  5. Flat stretch14:59 to 17:38
  6. Flat stretch18:31 to 20:52

How it opens read from the video by Hook Detector

This is me staring at a wall. And believe it or not, this helped me have one of the most productive weeks of my life. But the trick doesn't actually have much to do with the wall. It's the fact that I'm not doing something else. I'm not scrolling on my phone or checking my email.

0:00 to 0:16curiosity gap

How it is built its chapters, as YouTube shows them

  1. 0:00monday (what is even going on)
  2. 5:52tuesday (oh I see)
  3. 9:43wednesday (locking in)
  4. 13:06thursday (oh no)
  5. 19:04friday (where we’ve come to)
  6. 25:17saturday (the stuff I think)