Productivity Club - Stop Scrolling: How to Take Back Control from Your Phone

Supercharge your writing with Grammarly here: http://grammarly.com/aliabdaal Dubbed by ElevenLabs, try their product here: https://elevenlabs.io/ali_abdaal I've struggled with phone addiction at times, and I know so many other people who have as well, so I wanted to make a video deep diving into why it's so hard to overcome and what we can do about it. I hope you get some value from it! Enjoy x 🧑💻 Get my completely free 7 day focus crash course here: https://go.aliabdaal.com/addicttofocus/yt 📕 Check out my New York Times bestselling book Feel-Good Productivity: https://go.feelgoodproductivity.com/phnaddict/yt 🧠 Want to double your productivity? Join Productivity Lab, my online community of ambitious entrepreneurs, creators and professionals: https://www.productivitylab.com/?utm_campaign=Productivity%20Lab%20Sales%20Page%20Q3%202024&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=Long%20MC&utm_content=Long%20MC%20-%20End%20Your%20Phone%20Addiction%20%28PL%20Sales%20Page%29 🚀 Want to grow and monetise a YouTube Channel that changes your life? Check out Part-Time YouTuber Academy, my online course and community for creators: https://go.aliabdaal.com/PTYA/yt 🔗 OTHER LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO - The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt: https://geni.us/tAMobQ - Opal: https://go.aliabdaal.com/opal - One Sec: https://go.aliabdaal.com/onesec - Sources: Worldwide Average Screen Time Stats: https://backlinko.com/screen-time-statistics Phone Addiction study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6449671/ Effects of Phone Addiction study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6449671/ Phone Addiction and Sleep study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3817775/ Phone Use and Loneliness study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691821002043 Phone Use and Depression study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563215303320 🍿 WATCH NEXT - How to Manage Your Time Without Burning Out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAs9QasnXgA - How to Control Your Dopamine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjjqyiHczcc - 5 Easy Ways to Become More Self-Disciplined: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFSMQJCda10 - Why You're Always Distracted - 5 Mistakes Ruining Your Focus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rqiba5mqLk By the way, you can watch this video in a few other languages by changing the audio settings xx MY OTHER CHANNELS 🎬 My Vlog Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AliAbdaalVlog 🎙 My podcast Deep Dive: https://www.youtube.com/c/DeepDivewithAliAbdaal/ MY OTHER SOCIALS 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/aliabdaal 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliabdaal 👨💻  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali-abdaal/ 📱  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@aliabdaal 🎥  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aliabdaal/ 🌍 My website / blog: https://www.aliabdaal.com/ WHO AM I? If we haven’t met 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 and my writing, I share evidence-based strategies and tools to help you be more productive and build a life you love. ⌚️Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 1:11 - Why is your phone so addictive? 5:27 - What is the problem with phone addiction? 10:36 - What can you do about it? PS: I donate 10% of my income to charity every year. Would you like to join me? Learn more about the 10% Pledge: https://aliabdaal.com/giving-what-we-can/