What a blessing to have this video fall into my recommendations. It's genuinely comforting to see and hear from someone else who wants to dive into such a variety of interests. For one reason or another, in my personal life, despite meeting and befriending hundreds of people, I've never met anyone else who seems to want to pursue so many widely different things. Music production, mathematics, language, history, coding, etc. - we're out here!

Thanks for the video! I am tired of having people teaching me subjects in a way I do not understand & this video haa given me a better to where I want to go

Thank you for the video!

Thank you, brother. I feel a lot better now knowing that there's someone just like me: taking interest in everything in life! Great advice, great video.

As musician

thank you for your videos. These tips are really wise. When I start learning something by myself, the thing I have more trouble with is feedback, like knowing if what I'm exercise it right in the practical technique. Most of all in stuff like singing, dancing. Y'know.

As a guy who can't seem to shake looking for the very best thing, I think that your advice is right on. 99:1 - feels right. I've got tons of slightly-explored instructional materials that have gotten me practically nowhere. I know the drill; just have a hell of a time following it. Vids like this help keep me on track. Thanks, man!

Just want to say congratulations on how much your channel grown in the pass 4 months and hope to learn Japanese so I can meet you one day in Japan.

THE YT algorithm couldn’t have chosen a better time to send me this video and channel. At the end of the month of Aug I will be semi retired and had created a list an arm long of activities and skills I wanted to revisit or learn from scratch - fluency in french / Tai chi / wt training / reading all the books I’ve accumulated/ home repairs ….. the list goes on and on . His ideas have given me a starting point . Just focus on one thing till I get some level of competency. I will actuallly work on 2 things - one cerebral and one physical - so French and Tai Chi. ❤ from Canada

Wow, thank you for all this great information. I will be using this moving forward, because there are so many things I want to learn, but I easily can get overwhelmed sometimes with all the information so this is perfect! 😊👍🏽

Appreciate this video. It helps a lot.

The best way to learn something new is to buy a course. Courses offer structured content taught by someone who has already mastered the subject. Set aside your ego and recognize that you can't create a complete learning plan for something entirely new to you.

In the last 4 years, I’ve gone from 0 experience to “advanced” in: 1) Guitar 2) Piano 3) Chess 4) Creative writing 5) Finance For me, the biggest difference was when I started to explicitly recognize the commonalities between hobbies and use the other hobbies to explain/understand one hobby specifically. For example, one commonality between all the aforementioned hobbies is cadence (timing). Sure, cadence on guitar is different than cadence in Chess or creative writing, but how cadence fits into the bigger picture is the exact same in all of them. It’s about the downtime, what you’re doing in between strums/moves/pen strokes. When I’m writing, I think of the flow as a song. When I’m playing chess, I think of the cadence as though I’m writing. Silly example, but there are profound similarities you can draw between any set of things. I noticed rapid progression as soon as I started treating all my hobbies as different facets of the same puzzle.

Thank you, Vaughn Gene. you have brought relief and redirection to my life.

I finally found a pieces of my puzzle that can bridge a huge gap in ability to move from researching into planning and then execution thank you for this walk through. I do feel helped.

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I think thats the most helpful self development youtube video I've ever watched

This is exactly what I needed when I needed it. Everything you said here to avoid doing is exactly what o have been doing , no wonder I haven’t been able to make any progress in my hobbies. This has helped me quite a bit. Thank you

Great video bro, have so much happening in mind is a kind of difficult, and bring these things on It's hard too, like a lot of your videos, you're doing great, hope you're going viral, more people have to listen to this. Thank you.

I'd like to believe that you can get good at anything, but it doesn't seem to be the case for me. I seem to hit a ceiling where I don't improve at all, no matter how hard I try.

Amazing video brother. I felt like this was specifically for me :D, because for a few months i have been feeling overwhelmed by all of the things that i want to do, even though my day is already full from learning japanese and playing guitar.

Great video 👍 For me I get bored quickly so I like to watch lots of videos and sift through to pick up a few things to get started on....but mixing the watching with action. So for example, I started watching surfing in the Olympics. Then I started watching KZfaq videos about surfing and places to surf. Now I'm getting surfing lessons 🌊

Thank you for this video man, this may be unrelated to the video but what piano setup do you have there?

The main issue is motivation, I am learning Mandarin(It seem pretty easy to me,not in writing) sometime I don't want to learn sometime I do,the app I use to learn has leaderboard which help but seeing how good people are at Chinese in real life make me feel down,jealousy can be hard to handle but it could be use as a motivation,sometime but when you understand what they said,it feel good

I feel very related to your story from playing video games all day to joining the military to the kickboxing (karate for me) and mma training I’m now learning guitar and producing music at the request of my therapist. I’m glad I found your video it made me happy

You are perfect im trying to learn how to code Korean guitare and piano ❤

The hardest thing I've found about transferring the focus from videogames to other hobbies (musical instruments, craft making, exercise, etc.) is that videogames provide real-time feedback. Most of my time learning guitar has been done in a vacuum where I'm looking at or listening to the notes and doing my best to approximate that, but there's nothing telling me to correct my timing or relax my wrists and whathaveyou. Games feel easier to engage with because they're constantly telling you what does and doesn't work and how to get better. That's a system I've been trying to translate for years.

As someone with ADHD, it has been hard to focus on one thing. The lack of satisfaction I get from being mediocre at something really makes it difficult to ever get good. I really envy the people with the confidence to create and share objectively bad art because they're getting better faster than I am. But the thing is, I will never give up on becoming an artist. Music, graphic design, drawing, writing, fashion etc. are on my mind constantly. The biggest hurdle is finding a practice that is challenging but not agonizing and that comes from honestly assessing where you're at skill-wise. Lean into your strengths hard and use that as the foundation for your learning while you stack other skills on top of that. I wasted a lot of time and discouraged myself a lot by trying to follow other people's journies without the necessary introspection of asking myself "what do I enjoy about this?" and "what is my strongest skill in this field?". I'm now very aware of when I'm getting frustrated and I try not to stay there too long because that just ruins the experience and discourages me from trying again. If you only experience struggle and roadblocks, your mind is going to start perceiving that activity as stressful and dangerous and you'll subconsciously drift away from it. Any slight inconvenience will become a valid excuse because you'll already be stressed and doing your hobby worsens that stress. I think this kind of touches on what you were saying about transitioning from video games all day to doing something productive all day. My parents would shit on me for playing video games and ask me why I don't do other things. It's because I didn't enjoy doing other things. I was self critical and I didn't want to do anything I'm not good at. I was good at video games and even if I was bad, it was still enjoyable most of the time. Making the experience enjoyable to the point where you find your hobby relaxing and refreshing is the key to doing it consistently. Then you'll start creating in your free time rather than consuming. When you're consistent it becomes easier to challenge yourself to get better.

A lot of good and valid points here. I’m someone who has always had a lot of interest in a lot of things. As you’ve mentioned, we must narrow down on one or two but keep doing the rest. Never leave any stone unturned if it feeds your soul. All true learnings are transferable. Another thing which really matters a lot is to just fight through the initial resistance and just do the activity. Momentum is built upon the repetition of this process.

Its cool to see so many similar people here. My main hobbies now are computer programming (I have a degree in I.T and run a tech biz from home), guitar prac (metal and jazz), exercise and singing prac. I have a Kindle in the bathroom so I read books when on the toilet. I watch movies while eating dinner, watch tutorials while eating lunch. I have a guitar on my lap and practise shredding finger exercises when on computer or watching a movie. I also have a priority system, so if work gets super busy then I'll reduce the exercise. I also have realistic goals on how good I want to be at everything. I'm serious about singing I want to get up to 7 octaves (with subharmonics and whistle tone) but with guitar jazz I'm happy to just be able to play basic "lounge" music. I've also had other hobbies which I could no longer fit into my schedule like windsurfing, dancing, MMA, acting, catwalk modelling, electronics, music production, learning Japanese. My relationships really suffer tho. I can only handle 2 close friends max and its always them trying to get me to hang out. Girls think I'm fun but I think I'm a terrible boyfriend so I'd rather be single and avoid the complication. I'm constantly torn between being lonely and wanting space.

Hey, man! Finally somebody similar to me! I am a busy doctor, but also a guy who loves guitar playing, writing, fitness, videogames... I read a fantastic book, called "The slight edge", in which it's basically said that you get amazing results if you do a little bit of all your interests everyday. But, as you rightly noticed, this strategy is not the perfect one for focus. After a hard shift at work, it's not easy to take care of guitar and writing on the same day! So, probably, yes, one thing at a time! Maybe I can write a list of objectives in which the various fields alternate: for example, 1) Objective one... Learn a new song; 2) Objective two... Focus on the aspect x of your novel, etc... Any suggestion is welcome

Great video.! Making my own curricular or looking up one is a genius idea, the only thing I taught myself was guitar and I wish I saw this video when I first started; I mean I’m good but with a little planning of direction woulda only helped. Cheers

Your an intj😮 no wonder I find you grounding...I'm allegedly an intp, appreciate your videos!

Vaughn, you are a wonderful human being. Thanks for sharing your insight. What did you do be that calm and well spoken?

So clear about laser focus and max capacity, I feel this struggle every day, thank you so much!

Thank you so much for the video, Vaughn! Out of everything I’ve come across, your content really stands out. I love how you actually demonstrate speaking Japanese and playing piano/guitar, which makes your advice feel so much more relatable. I discovered your channel about a week ago, and the motivation boost has been incredible. I’ve already organized my saved videos into my Google Docs according to your structure (much better than my old chaotic Chrome bookmarks). I’m currently learning Blender, and the overwhelming amount of information online had me stressed out. But thanks to your tips, I’ve simplified my approach: I’ve picked one tutorial, downloaded it, and slowed it down to 0.5x speed. Studying this way feels much more engaging and effective. If I have any questions, I just ask ChatGPT, and it also take afford for me to understand the answer. I have ideas for 99/1 and can't wait to start implement them.

As an ADHD:er who hyperfixates a lot, what helps me is to channel that hyperfocusing energy into a daily/weekly routine. For example for learning languages, I do Anki in the morning, sentence mining and grammar in the afternoon and other immersion in the evening. I make it into a daily/weekly checklist and that's how I got fluent in French. When I have several different activities to do in a week, I assing certain activities to certain days and put it into my calendar. I try to make it as easy as I can, so for ex. keeping my content ideas accessible from my phone. That's what works for me ✨ thanks for the video!

THIS is a great video

the way I'm literally learning Japanese and guitar right now..

I have ADHD and also have a myriad of interests. My mantra is "Be bad at one thing at a time." For me, my activity breakdown is as follows, from most to least proficient: - Computer programming (my profession of 20 years) - Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (19 years in, black belt) - Speaking Portuguese - DJing - Endurance swimming I need to learn continuously for my profession so it makes sense to dedicate most of my effort to that. The rest are hobbies. I aim to do at least 1 hour of programming, DJing, and Portuguese, daily. BJJ and swimming I am fine with 3x/week. What that does is it makes me physically active for 6 days and then i prioritize my career learning in my free time. The language and music learning will fall into place afterward so might not be able to do each every day but I can alternate each every other day. It's all about prioritizing and consistency.

Stunned. Impressive. Inspirational

Underrated is an understatement wow. Very impressive. You've taught your brain well

This brings to mind advice I heard about reframing "a fear of" something as "a pull toward" whatever is on the flip side of that thing. For example, a fear of people not liking your music can be framed as a pull toward your music being heard. Asking why you want it to be heard and getting really excited about that feels way better than trying to talk yourself into accepting rejection. Plus it makes "music is heard" the objective and the indicator of success.

Great videos great attitude bro.

Hello, I think it's my fourth or fifth time revisiting this video. This video has been really helpful in terms of motivation as well as creating a discipline in learning something new. If I were to drop some word of advice, I think Notion or Obsidian would be very beneficial. Try them out for those who've read my comment.

You simply master them in a different timeline

Cool 🕶️ thanks