How to clean up your life like a millionaire

The video focuses on strategies to enhance cognitive efficiency and life organization, emphasizing the importance of reducing cognitive load by completing tasks, avoiding multitasking, and fostering single-minded focus. It underscores the detrimental effects of drama and overstimulation on productivity, advocating for a simplified social life and digital environment. The speaker highlights the significance of establishing personal principles, routines, and a clear goal to channel energy effectively. Additionally, maintaining a healthy diet, managing the central nervous system, and selecting one or two mentors for guidance are crucial for achieving success and reducing life's chaos.

• Cognitive loading refers to the mental burden of processing information, similar to a computer's RAM handling tasks.
• Overloading the brain with too many tasks or incomplete activities can lead to burnout and inefficiency.
• Completing tasks fully can help reduce cognitive load and improve mental clarity.

"Your brain likes things to be completed and finished; it likes the neat tidy bucket that is completion."

• The quote emphasizes the brain's preference for task completion, which helps in reducing cognitive load.

• Unfinished tasks create mental clutter and consume cognitive resources, similar to open loops in the brain.
• Completing tasks, even small ones, can free up mental space and reduce cognitive strain.
• Establishing a habit of finishing what you start can improve focus and productivity.

"If you get halfway through a video series on Netflix and then you start another one... your brain's trying to... figure out what the ending will be."

• This highlights the mental load created by leaving tasks unfinished, as the brain seeks closure.

• Multitasking is inefficient and exhausting because it involves rapidly switching focus between tasks, which consumes energy.
• Single-minded focus is more effective and less mentally taxing than attempting to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously.

"Switching is terrible for your brain and it's incredibly demanding; it costs a lot of calories."

• The quote underscores the high cognitive cost of task switching, advocating for focused attention on single tasks.

• Focusing on one task at a time enhances efficiency and effectiveness.
• Single-minded focus should be applied in all areas of life to avoid cognitive overload and improve performance.

"When you can learn to just focus on one thing at a time, you become ruthlessly incredibly efficient at that one thing."

• This statement promotes the benefits of concentrating on one task, leading to higher efficiency.

• Allowing tasks to linger on to-do lists increases cognitive load and mental clutter.
• Small tasks should be completed immediately to prevent them from accumulating and draining mental resources.

"You want to get into the habit of just getting things done because... this thing just Stacks Stacks Stacks."

• The quote advises immediate action on tasks to prevent cognitive overload and maintain mental clarity.

• Engaging in drama, whether through news, politics, or social media, consumes cognitive resources and distracts from personal goals.
• Avoiding drama can help conserve mental energy for more productive and meaningful activities.

"Drama is incredibly expensive in terms of our attentive ability and cognition."

• The quote highlights the cognitive cost of engaging in drama, suggesting its avoidance for better mental health.

• Focusing too much on external events and drama detracts from personal growth and internal focus.
• Reducing exposure to external drama allows for more attention to personal development and meaningful pursuits.

"Everyone's attention is so focused heavily on the external that they have nothing left to give to the internal."

• This statement points out the imbalance between external focus and internal development, advocating for a shift in attention.

• Engaging in political debates and drama can negatively affect your business and personal brand.
• Focusing on wealth accumulation provides the flexibility to move if you dislike the political state of your country.

"Stop looking at it. It doesn't matter which party gets in; it doesn't matter who wins the election because there's nothing you can do about it."

• The speaker emphasizes the irrelevance of political outcomes on personal goals and suggests focusing on personal wealth and goals.

• YouTube personalities are likened to characters in a reality TV show, creating unnecessary drama.
• Watching drama unfold online can distract from personal goals and ambitions.

"The only thing that matters to you is figuring out what you want and then figuring out how to get it."

• The speaker stresses the importance of focusing on personal objectives rather than getting lost in online drama.

"Give them bread and games, and they will never revolt."

• This quote illustrates how distractions like drama can prevent people from addressing more significant issues in their lives.

• Social media arguments and drama are distractions that do not contribute to personal growth.
• Engaging in social media drama often reinforces existing beliefs rather than challenging them.

"If you're scrolling through Facebook, all you're going to do is see...arguing about whether seed oils are good for you or not. Why do you care?"

• The speaker questions the value of engaging in trivial debates on social media, urging focus on personal goals instead.

• Drama in personal relationships can be a significant distraction from personal goals.
• A strict approach to cutting off people who bring drama is advised to maintain focus.

"If anyone dares to try and bring any drama into my immediate sensory experience, I cut them off."

• The speaker shares a personal rule of eliminating drama-inducing individuals from their life to maintain focus and productivity.

• Setting clear values and principles is crucial for personal and business success.
• Principles should guide behavior and decisions, creating a structured approach to life and work.

"Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient."

• This principle, derived from Jordan Peterson, emphasizes focusing on long-term meaningful goals over short-term pleasures.

"Client worship and then product first."

• In business, prioritizing clients and product quality is highlighted as a foundational principle.

• A structured daily routine provides stability and consistency, reducing chaos in life.
• Routines align biological functions with daily activities, enhancing productivity and well-being.

"If you don't have a routine, then your life is probably going to be a state of chaos."

• The speaker underscores the necessity of a routine to bring order and efficiency to daily life.

"Your behavior is a manifestation of your biological function."

• Consistent routines are linked to biological rhythms, promoting better health and focus.

• Clearly defining goals channels energy and ambition, reducing anxiety and chaos.
• Goals should be realistic and accompanied by a belief in their achievability.

"If it's not being channeled into a goal...this will just...register as anxiety."

• The speaker explains how unchanneled ambition can lead to anxiety, emphasizing the need for clear goals.

"A goal without the concept of possibility is nothing but a dream."

• The importance of setting achievable goals that inspire action is highlighted.

• The environment plays a crucial role in supporting or hindering personal goals.
• Surroundings should be conducive to the achievement of one's objectives.

"Your environment is either going to support or destroy the facilitation of the accomplishment of your goal."

• The speaker highlights the impact of the environment on behavior and goal achievement.

• Controlling your environment is crucial for maintaining discipline and achieving goals.
• Avoid environments that introduce temptations or distractions that derail your objectives.
• Conduct an audit of both physical and digital environments to identify elements that support or hinder your goals.
• Neutral elements can be left alone, while supportive elements should be encouraged, and destructive elements should be removed.
• Moving to a new environment can significantly aid in resetting habits and behaviors.

"I will not go to a restaurant that does not serve steaks. I will not buy food for my house that is not steaks."

• This quote highlights the importance of controlling one's environment by making deliberate choices that align with personal goals, in this case, dietary preferences.

"Your life really is a product of your environment."

• Emphasizes the profound impact of environment on personal habits and success, suggesting that change in environment can lead to significant personal growth.

• A clean and organized environment reflects and supports a clear and organized mind.
• Maintaining order in both physical and digital spaces can improve mental clarity and focus.
• Avoiding clutter and chaos is essential for maintaining productivity and mental well-being.

"My desktop isn't chaotic, my room's always tidy, my bed's always made, my office is always clean."

• Demonstrates the speaker's commitment to maintaining an orderly environment, which in turn supports mental clarity and productivity.

• Diet plays a critical role in personal health and wellness, adhering to the principle of "garbage in, garbage out."
• It's more effective to remove harmful elements from your diet than to add supplements or new foods.
• Food intolerances can significantly impact health, and an Elimination Diet can be beneficial in identifying these.

"The leverage in diet comes from removing things, not adding things."

• Highlights the importance of eliminating harmful dietary elements to improve health rather than relying on additions like supplements.

"If your gut is ruined, then your brain will be ruined, and then your business will be ruined, and then your life will be ruined."

• Stresses the interconnectedness of gut health, mental clarity, and overall life success, emphasizing the need for a healthy diet.

• The vagus nerve is a crucial link between the gut and the brain, impacting mental health.
• Poor diet can lead to gut issues, which in turn affect brain function and mood.
• Conditions like leaky gut syndrome can cause inflammation and mental health issues like brain fog and anxiety.

"Your brain and your gut are connected by this sort of neurological central highway that is called the vagus nerve."

• Explains the biological connection between gut health and brain function, highlighting the importance of diet in maintaining mental health.

• Success requires a balance between gathering information and taking action.
• Avoid the extremes of information paralysis (too much information) and information starvation (too little information).
• Successful people know when to gather information and when to act on it, maintaining a cycle of learning and doing.

"You need to learn to become someone that can ruthlessly and precisely find the right information, consume it, digest it, and then act on it."

• Emphasizes the importance of efficiently processing information and taking decisive action to achieve success.

• A bloated social life can be detrimental to personal success and focus.
• It's important to prioritize meaningful relationships and reduce time spent on unproductive social interactions.
• Being a people pleaser can hinder personal growth and the ability to make necessary changes in life.

"Less is more, and so what you want to learn to do is if you've got tons of friends, some of them are just not going to be good for you."

• Suggests that a smaller, more meaningful social circle is more beneficial for personal success than a large, superficial one.

• The speaker emphasizes the importance of defining personal goals and moving towards them, which may require distancing from certain social circles and relationships.
• The speaker discusses the drawbacks of maintaining large, bloated social circles and the pressure to conform to group expectations.
• The speaker shares personal experiences regarding dating multiple partners and the negative impact it had on their life, advocating for focusing on one meaningful relationship at a time.

"I don't want you to engineer your Social Circle to remove people; that's not my point. My point is that you want to define a goal and what you want, start moving towards it, and by moving towards this, you're going to move away from certain people in your life."

• The emphasis is on personal growth and goal alignment, which naturally leads to changes in social relationships.

"The easiest thing that I found is just to stop doing it and just to have like one thing in the same way that you know you only want to have one business and you only want to have like one thing that you focus on."

• Highlights the importance of focusing on one meaningful relationship to avoid unnecessary complications and distractions.

• The speaker explains the central nervous system's role in stress regulation and the impact of overstimulation.
• Overtraining, loud music, and constant exposure to stimuli like social media can overload the CNS, leading to stress and fatigue.
• Suggestions for managing CNS health include meditation, light cardio, magnesium supplements, saunas, cold plunges, and massages.

"Your central nervous system is kind of what it says it is; it's basically your nervous system. It regulates and keeps an eye on stress."

• Explains the fundamental role of the CNS in managing stress and how it can become overwhelmed.

"Meditation is a wonderful way to fix your central nervous system, ground yourself, bring yourself back."

• Advocates for meditation as a simple yet effective method to reset and relax the CNS.

• The speaker stresses the importance of optimizing digital environments by removing distractions and unnecessary apps.
• Notifications and social media are identified as major distractions that can disrupt focus and productivity.
• Simplifying digital life can lead to increased efficiency and better mental health.

"You probably spend just as much if not more time in digital reality than you do physical reality now."

• Highlights the significant role digital environments play in modern life and the need for conscious management.

"Just delete the apps, delete social media, remove it. I know you're addicted to it, and I know you think you need it, but trust me, you don't."

• Encourages the removal of digital distractions to improve focus and overall quality of life.

• The speaker advises having one to two mentors to avoid conflicting advice and information overload.
• Mentors should be individuals who have achieved what the learner aspires to achieve, providing a clear path to success.
• The speaker shares personal experiences with mentorship and the benefits of following a single, consistent source of guidance.

"The thing is, is when you're learning how to become successful, the easiest way to do that is to find someone that has done what you want to do and pay very close attention to every word that they say."

• Emphasizes the value of learning from those who have already achieved desired goals.

"You want to find a mentor, and then the only time that you find a new Mentor is when your achievements level or supersede that of the person that you've learned from."

• Suggests changing mentors only when the mentee's achievements surpass those of their current mentor to ensure continued growth.