All statements about friction
16 statements about friction in 8 sources, by upload date.
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2020
- 2020-06-03 · All the Apps I Use in a Day — Ali: At night Ali charges his iPhone on a chest of drawers on the opposite side of the bedroom from his bed so that he cannot have his phone in bed. — 00:10:19
- 2020-06-17 · How To Boost Productivity Without Apps — Ali says that to be more productive or build a healthy habit people think they need more motivation or discipline, but there is an easier way, which is all about the power of friction. — 00:00:29
- 2020-06-17 · How To Boost Productivity Without Apps — Ali's pet theory is that friction is the most powerful force in the universe, and that environment design is one of the best ways to use its power. (overstated) — 00:00:58
- 2020-06-17 · How To Boost Productivity Without Apps — recommendation: Ali defines friction as the resistance between intention and action, such as meaning to practise the guitar and practising it: to encourage good habits, reduce friction; to discourage bad habits, increase it. — 00:00:58
- 2020-06-17 · How To Boost Productivity Without Apps — recommendation: Ali keeps only useful apps such as Notion, Drafts, Castro, Audible and Anki on his iPhone's first screen; Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and dating apps, the infinity pools, sit on the second screen. — 00:02:26
- 2020-06-17 · How To Boost Productivity Without Apps — Ali: Moving the guitar's default position to the sofa, a slight reduction of friction, has meant Ali has practised guitar for about half an hour a day in the weeks since. — 00:03:24
- 2020-06-17 · How To Boost Productivity Without Apps — Ali says that once we take in that friction is the most powerful force in the universe we can use it to build good habits and break bad ones, which is what James Clear's Atomic Habits is about. — 00:04:23
2018
- 2018-04-12 · Motivation, Stress & Time Management - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Katherine recommends apps such as Forest, which lock you out of social media and other phone apps for a set time so you cannot get distracted by them. — 00:03:48
- 2018-04-14 · Last Minute Study Tips, Flashcards, Essays & Maths - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — recommendation: Ali prefers his spreadsheet method to Anki for much of his revision because spreadsheets are easy and Anki takes effort to set up: anything that reduces friction between wanting to do something and doing it is worth doing. — 00:14:45
- 2018-04-14 · Last Minute Study Tips, Flashcards, Essays & Maths - Exam Revision Q&A with Cambridge students — Ali spends a lot on camera equipment that reduces the friction of sitting down to make a video: a tripod is worth £50 rather than stacking books to hold the camera. — 00:15:14
- 2018-04-24 · Study with Me + Revision tips from friends - Cambridge University medical student VLOG #32 — a guest: A friend of Ali's works outside in the shade with headphones, starting a timer and growing a tree in the Forest app to make sure the work actually gets done. — 00:06:52
- 2018-05-01 · First Live Hangout + Rapid-fire Q&A — Ali gives three ways to improve motivation: make the activity more fun, reduce friction, and increase the salience of the outcome. — 00:20:51
- 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali is not distracted by social media unless he wants to be: whatever he is doing at any moment is what he most wants to be doing. — 00:19:53
- 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — recommendation: Ali: Against distraction Ali advises a clear goal: if you have a maths past paper to do, put your phone on the bed on silent and you won't get distracted. — 00:20:31
- 2018-05-07 · Live Q&A + Hangout - Bank Holiday vibes - Ali Abdaal, Cambridge medical student — Ali watches with a learning mindset: student vlogs are procrastination for him, unlike Peter McKinnon or Casey Neistat, and he almost never watches TV shows, as he learns nothing from them. — 00:26:11
- 2018-05-14 · Monthly Favourites #4 - Ali Abdaal — Ali says having someone, such as friends, family or teachers, hold you to account for something you want to do anyway is a really good way to build a habit. — 00:03:44