Recent years i’ve Been listening to music all the time and came to a conclusion that it makes me not being able to process my toughts

"Society is full of people who have a very surface level understanding of often times very strong opinions" Facts

I spent a good portion of the introduction just saying “Yeap, that’s me. Yes, yes yes, me too”. It’s soo comforting to know I am not alone in the struggle to collect my scattered thoughts together and communicate my ideas. Whenever I reflect on conversations afterwards, I become increasingly anxious that I came off dumb-witted, naive, and unknowledgeable. Effective communication is truly a sort of alchemy that transforms chaos into words. I want to perfect this skill and feel more confident when speaking. Thank you for sharing your personal hurdles and how you overcame them.

0:00 The frustration. 2:53 What Contributes to the Problem 1 - Short form media 5:00 Contribution 2 - Getting The End Results 6:23 Contribution 3 - Adopting Opinions instead of Evaluating Them 8:15 Part of the Solution 1 - Asking yourself pushbacks 9:51 Contribution 4 - The Relation between your Inputs and Outputs 11:31 Forms of output 12:21 Solution 2 - What forms of processing do you do? 13:50 Solution 3 - How to output 14:24 Solution 4 - Mock presentation in front of fake audiences 15:25 Solution 5 - Writing, its benefits and revisiting writing 16:25 Engaging with full texts and the structure of what happens when you reason 17:25 Solution 6 - Rehearsing information from books orally 19:26 Solution 7 - Reducing Short form content consumption. 21:02 Solution 8 - Diet and daily eating structure (food log) I found both more problems that you said and more solutions / exercises than you listed.

In college I heard about communication majors I thought that was stupid. Everyone can talk 30 years later I’ve realized that communication really is a skill And now I practice I drive and talk out loud, work out in a loud gym and repeat phrases I hear through my ear phones, walk and talk to myself. Man, I’m glad I’m not the only one who has to practice speaking

seeing you also practicing coherency and fluency by speaking slowly and choosing each following word carefully, makes your content very relatable!

One thing I noticed that helps a lot in removing brain fog is sleep, regular and full sleep at night. It also seems trivial and overstated but it really is a big factor of brain clogging.

It's been almost 2.5 years since I stopped using Instagram and other social media platforms to interact with others. I still use social media for entertainment, but I've come to realize it's not good for my brain. It distracts me and makes it hard to concentrate. So, I believe it's time to quit social media, regain my focus, and delve into meaningful activities rather than aimlessly scrolling. I need to take control of my life to achieve my unfinished goals.

1. we hastily adopt opinions instead of evaluating them 2. to bring clarity: meaningful form of output - conversation, journaling, writing, video, audio, teaching 3. what chances are u giving yourself to process the different levels of input you're engaging with? 4. mock presentation in front of a fake audience 5. after each capter of a book, rehearse the info your read (voice memo u can listen to later) 6. find people you want to think like and listen to them 7. reduce the amount of short term content you cnsume (have a few ideas that u rly understand in high res) 8. dont eat carbs until early afternoon ☆ be watchful of what u input into ur brain and bodies ☆ engage in some sort of output

It's comforting knowing that a lot of people are going through the same dilemma I'm dealing with. When I'd be trying to pay attention to a lecture in school, I could recognize my brain wandering. I made it a goal for myself to be able to go to class without trying to scroll through the internet in the middle of it, or excuse myself to go to the washroom. I've always tried to learn by attempting to concentrate when I'm reading or listening in class. It turns out a major thing I lack is an outlet to output that information. I still haven't been able to achieve that goal, but after watching this, I feel like I'm at least able to understand more clearly why I can't focus and what I can do to fix it.

7:02 I respect how much he has worked on his control with filler words. He allowed for pause without the proverbial “ah, Um, you know” etc. great job

I just bought a journal at age 63! I really hope it helps organize my brain 🧠 Great episode, thank you!

This is huge. I've always wondered why I cannot seem to think through things that I encounter everyday nor articulate the thoughts in my mind with clarity so I can truly relate with you sir. Thank you for this insightful video.

I got diagnosed with ADHD in my mid twenties. I somehow thought that I would magically become more articulated afterward being put on medication. Even though the medication helped me focus my thoughts more. I still couldn’t find the precise words to convey my thoughts effectively. It’s so frustrating because when I tell others that I struggle with articulation, they always brush me off and sometimes even tell me that I’m already too articulate. The feedback meant that I spoke too much and failed to get the point across effectively. Thank you so much for your videos. I hate sounding dumb and struggling to speak properly. I hope to become as good as speaking as you someday

How is your channel so underrated is beyond me

Your second point is extremely important and fresh. People are now taking in the “top crisp” of information, without any depth underlying it. The epidemic of parroting is extremely real, and I am currently trying to unravel my own tendency to skim over things. I think another important thing because I feel like I struggle particularly with retention and digesting info is slowing down, so when reading something, especially something that’s more complex I just really take my time. I’d rather read a paragraph a 100 times and understand it than 1 time and not. Great video man! Really made me feel heard in a lot of ways!

When he said “my thoughts go into a rabbit hole” I hit that subscribe button. So happy I’ve found this channel 🙏🏿

this is a phenomenon that i have not been able to articulate for years. Thank you for this. Listening is a breath of fresh air as if i’m folding some of the mental laundry you mentioned.

I totally agree with the fact that long form content is better for you to learn to process information effectively. My ability to process information significantly increased when I switched from watching youtube shorts all day to podcasts. It gave me so much more clarity on what was actually going on behind the opinion or fact that I was presented in the short form. Because of this I was able to portray and defend my idea on a topic a lot more effectively.

I've been struggling with brain fog and unclear thoughts for a few years now, and I relate a lot to what you say. I was a very smart kid, 2 years in advance at schools, and never had trouble with thinking, speaking or learning. It all changed 2 and half years ago when I had an intership in a foreign country. I've never know what happened exactly at this time, but in a very short amount of time it felt like I had just become brain dead. I was very depressed, was eating a lot of sugars, not doing any kind of sports, and my memory and ability to express went down dramatically. When I came back from my 3 months internship, I couldn't watch an anime because I would forget what had happened in the previous episode. I then came back to class, and for the first month there, I would lose focus 5 seconds after the teacher started speaking. It's taken a lot of time to build back gradually to a normal level of processing information and thinking. One thing that did help me a lot is creatine (sports supplement known to improve depression symptoms and brain energy). I thought thorougly about it, and came to the same conclusion as you do: I don't output nearly as much as when I was younger. I used to have a lot of projets, read books, have debates with everyone I could, and it felt so great to use my brain for difficult stuff. I also took a look at my diet and realised that carbs give me a lot of brain fog. I journaled to try to remember what happened during the day. I'm glad we came to a lot of similar conclusions. Thanks a lot for this vid, it's good to feel like I'm not crazy for struggling with this. Wish you the best.

Even while watching this video I felt the urge to check the comments, make the playback speed x2. And then an ad comes in the middle of a phrase. Those ads are often sad, heartbreaking ads about charity. The emotional and mental rollercoaster of social media is on a different level.

You've made me realize that my entire youtube channel is essentially just video journals attempting to clarify my thoughts on topics, and then framing it in a way to provide value to others as a by-product. Though my own clarification of thought is the primary goal. Fascinating

Finally I found this video. I thought that I am stupid to be honest. I was always talking about irrelevant things , which makes me feel I am stupid I hated myself. Thank you that was informative,❤

10:27-13:49 Need of an output of ideas 10:54 Conversation as an output 14:29 "Mock presentation" 15:50 Writing of same topic

Personally, you're my most relatable KZfaqr. I've subscribed, hit the notification button, I'm currently binge watching your videos, and I'm sharing them to all my friends that could benefit a thing or two. Sharing your videos alone has set in motion conversations in my DMs I never I could bring to the table. Thank you!

Holy shit, your first description is exactly me now, and where you are now is where I need to be. Thank you so much for this video.

I’ve never felt more heard and like I was being spoken to directly than in your introduction. I related to this so much and it’s so comforting to know that other people struggle with the same thing. Thank you for this video

Intellectual honesty + meticulous introspection. Good work, chief! 👏

I'm thrilled to have found your channel! All my life ( I'm 65 ) I have had a fervent love for learning and a thirst for knowledge. Books were my main source in obtaining knowledge, ideas and information before the advent of the internet. It's easy and enjoyable to feast on the "Reader's Digest" version of the whole book in content on you tube and other platforms that I've gotten lazy and found myself in the shallow understanding predicament you described. This has been so helpful. Thank you!

Meaningful interaction is so much more powerful than we tend to think most of the time. Thanks!

I've been struggling with this issue as of late. I just found the channel, but it's definitely one of my faves already. A ton of insight here.

I love how articulate you were and your points were sooo valid❤ thank you for this value .

JOSEPH, I AM EXTRAORDINARILY GRATEFUL TO YOU & HAPPY THAT I FOUND YOU! YOU SO BEAUTIUFULY ARTICULATE MY INTERNAL STRUGGLES WITH MY INABLITIY TO COMMICATE MY THOUGHTS, EMOTIONS, IDEAS, & OPINIONS. YOU HAVE HELPED ME TO REALIZE THAT I AM NOT ALONE. MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU'VE GIVEN ME THE TOOLS TO TRANSCEND MY INTELLECTUAL LIMITATIONS! THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART!

Seeing the effort you are making to apply the things you're saying is quite encouraging. Thank you for being real

I want to thank you so much for your videos. After a TBI over a decade ago, I have never recovered the mental clarity I used to have and felt like my brain couldn’t fully recover. Yet, part of me knew that the things you listed were preventing me from thinking clearly again. Thank you for helping me feel empowered and validated about these issues, and for offering helpful suggestions for overcoming them.

just to let you know, you can communicate and get your point across flawlessly now so im hoping there is some hope for me. being unable to think clearly has been something i have been struggling for a long time and it has hindered and obstructed everything and every part of my life. being unable to keep a conversation going because i can't think clearly is a HUGE pain so it led to me isolating myself which then worsened my depression and skyrocketed my anxiety which also fucked with everything else. coming across your videos has given me insight on how to clearly fix and improve on this sort of issue. since my university has just started up, im hoping this makes a difference. it's nice to see someone clearly explain this issue and concisely provide solutions to these problems. thanks man🙂

so relatable i remember many times where i found an extremely valuable piece of information, and knew i had to sit there and digest it, but instead got distracted and did something else that was dopamine filling

This is just brilliant - how do you not have more subscribers? This was a lot of food for thought and has encouraged me to get back into journaling and writing. I consume way too much short form content, I love this. Keep it up dude

This video, as well as this channel, is one of the most valuable resources on the internet. Thank you Joseph. I just had a huge breakthrough in understanding myself. I realized the reason for the gap between my mental clarity and articulate speech is my underlying goal in communication. I've been trying to convince and force others to agree with my perspective. This makes me more emotional and less coherent with my words. What a valuable insight I've gained! My intention and decision going forward is to only express my truth as clearly and articulately as it pleases me, to speak in harmony, and without any attachment to being agreed with, and finally, to respect different perspectives. I look forward to integrating this and seeing the effects.

This is by far the one channel that has successfully helped me with my problem of being unable to articulate my ideas in conversation and in writing. I too suffer from a foggy brain and do not always know how to put my ideas across when i engage others in debates or simple dialogue , this video was definitely an eye opener and i will be sure to exercise and practice with the tips you gave. Thank you so much

It's so refreshing to watch your videos! I love how clearly you articulate your thoughts. With the over-saturation of content nowadays, I find my attention jumping around different media/concepts without processing or investing in them for a good amount of time. I hope to gradually implement the ideas you mentioned into my everyday life. Keep up the great work! :D

Bro I appreciate the work you put into these videos. I'm in this space and I know it's a lot of work. I hope this pays off for you. Keep it up 💪🏽💯

I finally found the channel I was looking for. I'm so glad youtube suggested this video to me. Thank you for such a great video.

This is a great video on an extremely important topic. The things we as people crave the most are structure, clarity and certainty. And that's exactly why we adore people who are well articulated so much. It just feels sooo nice to be clear and well structured on any topic. And it is also very important to be able to fully understand ourselves and see things for what they really are. Thank you for bringing more awareness to this modern problem!

i dont think enough people are stressing this. but its true, you surpass jordan peterson's level of clarity and the practicality of your said ideas are insanely high. i like how you dont take the conventional routes in explaining topics like these, most people just talk in a "motivational" vibe and say "practise daily" etc etc but mostly they never talk about the deep internal mechanisms of things like you did. im not sure you realize, but this video was a masterpiece. i dont even comment that much, but you made me do it. thanks, you're absolute brilliant and it really makes me happy that there are people like you on this level of clarity of thinking and this much indepth knowledge about human thinkings and how things work in general.

One of the best videos I’ve seen in a while- Im actually inspired. This is what I needed, thank you 🙏🏻

I'm preparing for a presentation and I found this channel. I found gold! Helps me build a frame work for learning languages... I'm leveling up my sign language skill and I love that I found this channel.

100k In less 6 months! You truly deserve that Keep it going

I’m in awe of your level of dedication to improving your thinking skills.

its been a long time since I found so much value in the content. I really appreciate this.

Thank you! I starting to listen to your videos now days as part of my morning routine and i can see most of the ideas you present are very accurate and adaptable.

This video is exactly what I'm going through, thank you for making this video Joseph.

You just gained a subscriber . You reassured me that the path that I’m currently on is the right path. 100% agree with everything you said. Thank you sir!

You totally resonated my thoughts.. I have been thinking about this in the past 5 months & have been consciously applying what you said. Thanks for sharing things with a new perspective

I recently started a KZfaq channel and noticed people only watch 15secs of my KZfaq shorts!! That was crazyyyy to me. A KZfaq short is only 1 min!!! 1 min and people can’t even sit through that! This video made a lot of sense to me, saved it and will be listening to it over and over again! I believe mental clarity is key to your personal development and it is something I work on a lot! I hope to learn more to create helpful content such as this and connect with other liked minded people. Great video!! 👏

This is one of the best videos I've ever watched. This man is incredible

Man, i am currently fall into the same situation as yours. I used to perform well in my academic journey, but when I am at the beginning stage of my career, I felt overwhelm because the amount of information that I can not deliver/ absorb, I felt that I am having a fog. Thank you for showing me that I am not alone 👍

I find this video relatable and eye-opening to a satisfying degree. will begin by journaling an info output of this exact video!

Just listening to you felt like I organize my mind out a little more then before

Thank you so much for creating such a relatable video. At the peak of my brain fog, I went so far down as to think that I don't have enough words in my vocabulary to communicate my thoughts or ideas. I never even stopped to think that It was inability to focus on long-form inputs. This was insightful. You have earned my subscription!

One of the best things I started doing to move past the kind of laissez faire consumption of content that I never did anything with was keeping an annotated bibliography of everything I read. Nothing crazy: just the citation and a few paragraphs (sometimes one!) with a summary, some quotes, and some answers to a list of general questions I keep to create understanding. Doing so has stimulated and incentivized more and deeper engaged reading of material of interest; encouraged me to ask better questions about the context of the knowledge I’m acquiring; helped me remember and make connections between information; helped generate new ideas; and served as the foundation of more outward facing writing of my own-everything from emails to cover letters to grant applications. And all of THAT has had the downstream effect of raising my own standard for baseline comprehension and learning such that I’m not really satisfied with the superficial knowledge whose detrimental impacts this video is so much about. So track your shit! It’s a VERY high-return practice.

You're very articulate. I enjoy your ability to process and convey this information. You have identified issues with social interactions and opinions I had not realized I was noticing.

I’m so glad I’ve come across your channel!! Thank you for doing what you do!

1. output more 2. read full-length articles/listen to long speeches/dialogues 3. reduce short form consumption 4. improve diet decrease input! increase output!

Wow, This video is great! You described mental fog, and how information overload can overstimulate our thought process since we are not focusing on a singular concept. What was most powerful for me is when you mentioned that many times people get stuck in their thoughts because they haven’t conducted further research, so their thoughts or opinions only go as far as the short snippet that they were originally exposed to. If we desire to become a clear thinker we must be clear information processors. We must recite what we are learning consistently. We can also speak, listen and write.

I’ve been reading through my responses to emails the way that comes naturally then analyzing it, replacing worn out words with more concise choices. This has become my daily practice

Uhh I'm so glad i came across this video, For my whole life I've been struggling with this thing and while listening to you i can totally relate to it , nd it's kinda comforting that I'm not the only one going through this. Tysm for talking on this topic.

Joseph thank you for this video. You have summarized in full detail my thoughts and emotions on articulation and brain fog WOW. You express yourself incredibly, I can’t imagine how you were before but it’s inspiring to hear that it’s an aptitude you can improve upon. Thanks 🙏🏼

I have been thinking about this whole week and just saw your video. You put it in better words but exactly what was in my head. Good one!

This is divine. Thank you for your contribution.

Man this content is life changing! You nail it from the beginning to the end. Thank you so much for the clarification, I'll start put it in practice today.

8.40 when he said "and yehre is a confidence that comes with that "...💖🥰🥰. just actual thing that we need.....🍓 but mistakenly we try to build it without any foundation..... . . . Another simplest way to clearify your thoughts is just simply to be a good listener "❤🎀♥️💯🌸 Wise people are always good listeners 💟💟💟

I have learned so much useful information from you. Thank you! You are an exceptional teacher communicator. ROCKON❤

One of the best videos I’ve watched on KZfaq, love the long form

This is a great content. Thank you for taking your time to emphasize on the biggest issue in society today. Really appreciate your work and experiments performed to educate more on this. Great content 👍 and please keep continuing. These lessons and experiences are truly priceless ❤

homie is as captivating as it gets. I've been watching for an hour now and can't stop

Oh man I can’t tell you how long I’ve worked on this for myself. Can’t wait to watch this and love seeing another guy talk about this!!!

i’m so glad people like you exist

Hey, so get this I spent a year working in a sweatshop where the machinery was so loud I didn’t talk to anybody. The only person I communicated with was my high school girlfriend mostly through tag and no friends no family just working it really messed up my communication skills, and I’ve been building myself up slowly because it’s really hard to know that you have a problem until people tell you you have a problem and that is really hard to accept, God bless you man. This video is great I’m on my own journey of redemption. i’m picking up what you’re putting down every single step the way, I appreciate your videos, and I hope to see more of them

This is the first video I've watched from you and I subscribed after I finished watching, because you are undoubtedly awesome. Your video shows up at the right time for me as I'm scrolling and finding a solution for my overwhelmed mind. Thank you.

Time stamps for returning viewers: Problem 1: 2:54 Problem 2: 6:25 Problem 3: 9:51 Solution 1: 13:50 Solution 2: 16:25 Solution 3: 19:26 Solution 4: 21:02

Man this is good. Thank you so much for sharing your tips. I’m going to take this to heart and really focus on these tips to help me personally. Really appreciate you

other than what you've mentioned ; What I've noticed that you have a good vocabulary and you speak slowly. And that helps

One of the most relatable and helpful videos I've watched. Thank you very much for sharing.

Wow. ur videos have been helping me so much. I was confused on tf was wrong with me cuz i literally could not communciate my idea into words but this makes me realize im not alone. Ty so much for helping me figure out my problem and solutions to it.

Thank you for your help! Graduate school has been really hard for me I think being conscious of my focus and guiding it in the way you described is going to make me stronger in my field 💫🌟

Really appreciate this video and am really glad I found your channel dude. You’re doing good work.

Wow. So much wisdom. Thank you

This guy is awesome, I’m subscribed for sure. He’s very relatable and very helpful and definitely helping me improve my dad to day communication skills personal and work life.

I am only half way through the video and I am already sold on it! I have never heard anyone express these concepts with so much clarity. You speak like a poet. I hope that you will offer your own course at the end of this! 😂 The world needs your knowledge 💪🏾👏🏾

The first 10 seconds of this video described exactly what I’m going through right now. Yesterday night i randomly i regained consciousness and realised that I’ve been living my life on auto pilot without being able to regulate my thoughts. I even wrote to myself cause I don’t even know if i’ll ever go back to that state of mind,It’s frightening sometimes.

Intuition is a powerful thing

This is exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you

Couldn’t be a more accurate video to pop up for me to watch. Thank you for being you.

This has been my lifetime problem, it's gonna be hell of a journey to fix these. Thanks for telling the hard truth.

Glad to see you only have few Shorts in your channel. True to your words. 👏

I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel. I relate to this struggle, and I want to improve it.

This is by far the best page on communication i've come across!

This is a very good point. A lot of information posted on KZfaq and podcasts is the final piece of information, not providing the road of how the person there. There is just too much information available to us, pulling us into so many different directions, making us unable to internalize any of it.

this has been so valuable to me. thank you for what you do.