The video mentions the following as barriers to the productivity cycle: tiredness, confusion, boredom, anxiety, and distractions.
This video explores the concept of productivity, using the example of highly productive South Korean students who spend excessive hours studying. The video challenges common misconceptions about productivity and proposes a simple cyclical model: motivation leads to work completion, which in turn boosts motivation. The video also suggests strategies for initiating and maintaining this productive cycle.
The video offers the following solutions to productivity barriers:
Tiredness: Take a break and go for a walk. A walk provides extra energy, helps collect thoughts, and allows for planning.
Confusion: The video doesn't offer a specific solution for confusion beyond suggesting to break down large tasks into smaller, manageable ones (implied through the discussion of to-do lists).
Boredom: The video suggests switching up your work location or even just facing a different direction.
Anxiety: Ask yourself questions to challenge your anxieties: Is this worry reasonable? Will it matter in the long run? What is within your control? (The example given was related to a biology test).
Distractions: Put your phone on silent and place it in another room, or hide it. This is considered superior to simply turning off notifications.