(chill music)
- [Joey] Welcome to where the magic happens.
You've seen this place before
mostly in the background of these A-roll shots
and in B-roll shots where I'm either wasting time
or being productive, the only two types of B-roll shots
on this entire channel.
But anyways,
today, we're gonna go over
this home office setup of mine in detail
so that you guys can spend more time
on the things that fulfill you
and that will move your life forward,
rather than slipping deeper and deeper
into the endless abyss of algorithmically curated content
like this video.
Also, like this video.
Let's jump into it.
The theme that I had in mind when I was designing this space
was minimalism.
It's because I'm very original
and unlike any other productivity YouTuber.
The goal of a productivity space
should be to reduce the friction
in the way of doing the important things
that you have to do in a day.
You wanna make sure that everything on your desk
facilitates a concentrated flow state,
because getting into that flow state
is more important than anything in the world.
It's even more important
than spending quality time with your son.
I think that's what Gary V told me.
So, how do I achieve that flow state?
Well, let's get into some specifics.
The thing that I look at all day long
is my LG UltraFine 4K monitor.
The thing I really like about this monitor
is that it has a USB-C port on the back.
So, I only have one cable to connect
to my MacBook Pro that transfers audio, power, display.
It really helps play into this minimalist vibe.
The reason why I went with this monitor specifically
is because it's tack sharp.
It wasn't too expensive.
The blacks are nice and deep, and it is very color accurate.
So, I really enjoy editing videos on here
because I get an accurate representation
of what the image actually looks like.
The monitor is connected to my daily driver
which is the 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip.
This is like the premium, top of the line Apple device
right now.
It absolutely shreds 4K video.
It's crazy to me that this thin slice of metal
is all I need to run a production company
that uses cutting edge 4K video, multiple layers of it.
And this thing doesn't flinch.
The only downside is the cost.
This thing costs more than I pay my assistant Jared
in a year, but that actually doesn't bother me.
Sitting right next to it is the new AMD Razer Blade 14,
which I mostly use for gaming.
But because this is a productivity channel, that was a joke.
I use it for programming.
This beautiful, sexy keyboard is the Keychron K6.
I learned about this keyboard
by watching an Ali Abdaal video,
where he was going over
a bunch of different mechanical keyboards.
Basically, he was investigating which keyboard
would help him type the fastest.
This keyboard scored one of the lowest scores.
And he said that the build quality wasn't impressive at all
and it kind of felt like a toy.
But I thought it looked cool so I bought it immediately.
And the mouse I use is the Razer DeathAdder 2.
I came to the decision to buy this mouse
because I was playing "Rust," with my brother last week
and I was trying to flick on kids with the bow,
and I was just missing all my shots
because I'm shit at "Rust."
But naturally, I blamed the mouse.
And my mouse at the time was the Logitech MX Master 2S.
But I'm starting to realize that it's actually kinda shit.
There's a ton of input lag
which makes it actually less accurate to use,
even if you're not gaming.
There was a delay between when I moved my hand
and when the mouse moved.
So to solve this issue, I picked up the Razer DeathAdder V2,
and I noticed an immediate difference.
This thing has basically zero milliseconds of input lag.
When I move my hand,
the mouse moves in perfect sync with it.
Even for video editing, I'm way less clumsy
and I can click on things more accurately,
which probably saves me a lot of time
and mental energy subconsciously.
It's probably not that big of a difference.
I'm not gonna pretend that changing your mouse out
to like a slightly higher refresh rate or response time
will change your productivity forever.
But I'm a bit of a snob and I do this for a living
so I can get away with spending money
on things that I don't actually need.
Moving on.
So, I'm a big audio guy.
A lot of you guys say, "Your voice just sounds so crisp.
Why does it sound so crisp?"
Well, partly it's because of this mic I'm using.
I'm probably not gonna give it a shout out.
But a lot of that is because I'm a bit of an audiophile.
And I maintain that the best bang for buck speakers
you can get for under $200,
if you want just like a nice little easy thing
to buy on Amazon, get these out of Edifiers.
I can't remember what they're called
but the link will be in the description.
I've used a bunch of different, small,
budget-friendly studio monitors before,
but I always come back to the Edifiers
because I think they just punch well above their weight.
On Amazon, these speakers are around $150 Canadian,
which is probably like a buck 50 US.
So, pick them up.
They're very cost effective.
But if you want premium sound quality,
these Edifiers aren't it.
You're gonna be spending a thousand dollars plus
on a pair of studio monitors,
if you want something like truly audiophile status.
But if I'm sound mixing, I'm not using my speakers anyways.
I'm using my headphones.
And that's where my Beyerdynamic DT 990 Pros come in.
These are also budget friendly,
but I've literally never heard
a better sounding pair of headphones.
These things make listening to music an absolute joy.
They make mixing audio an absolute joy.
Everything has a certain level of clarity and purity
with these headphones, and I'm a huge fan.
(mouse smashing)
The only issue that might be an issue,
depending on how you use them,
is that when you put them on, they are not isolating.
So, you can kinda of hear everything around you.
So if you work in a busy coffee shop
or a noisy environment with a lot of ambient noises,
then I wouldn't recommend these headphones.
But for this very quiet office
on the top floor in a random house
in the middle of suburbia, it works great for me.
I run both the speakers and the headphones
through the Scarlet 2I2.
This is by far the least interesting piece of tech
in this whole video.
So, I'm just gonna move on.
But I like it.
I use it. It works.
To the right of my desk is my whiteboard.
And there used to be a whole bunch of stuff on here.
An attack plan, marketing strategy,
product list, video ideas.
We used to just fill the board
with like the entire Better Ideas strategy,
courses that we could launch,
products we can make, bla di bla di bla.
But what ended up happening was analysis paralysis.
When there was too many things on the board,
we didn't really know what to do every single day.
And by we, I mean Jared and I.
Jared, who helps me with videos and his desk is over there,
but we're not gonna cover his desk.
I don't know how proud he is of his desk.
But anyways, we basically erased
pretty much everything on the whiteboard,
save for a few key things that we kinda need to remember
on a day-to-day basis.
And we've replaced it with this little box
that has the one thing.
It is the most important thing we have to do each day.
And we spend half an hour evaluating what this one thing is.
And we pretend that nothing else exists.
We don't think about anything else
until this one thing is done.
And the result is that our productivity has skyrocketed.
Once we have done this one thing,
not only do we do the most important thing
with clarity and focus,
but we're more inspired to tackle all the other bullshit
that we would have had on there.
So, it's a win-win.
And the last thing I wanna mention is my gaming setup.
And you might say, "Joey, this is a productivity video.
Why do you keep on reverting this back to gaming?"
Well, I have a problem with gaming
and I'm really trying to work on it.
But I do think there's something to learn here.
I just can't stop playing video games.
So basically, my Xbox is below my desk,
out of sight and out of mind.
The Xbox being below my desk provides a lack of visual cue.
So, I don't get interrupted
in the middle of being productive
and tempted to play Xbox and sweat "Halo Infinite."
But I also keep my gaming monitor at the base of this shelf.
So that every time I wanna game,
I have to walk over to the monitor, pick it up,
bring it to my desk, hook it up.
And you might be saying,
"Joey, why don't you just hook up your Xbox to the monitor
that you seem to be so high about on your desk.
So that all three of your devices are nice, and streamlined,
and minimal."
But the problem is while the display is quite nice
and it's sharp, and it has deep blacks,
and it's nice to look at for color grading,
it's only 60 FPS and I'm not a filthy casual.
I stole this plant for my sister.
So, it makes my office set up
look more zen or some shit.
But that's pretty much it, guys.
I don't really know what else to talk about in here.
But hopefully, you guys have a little bit of an idea
of how I choose to operate my productivity setup.
And maybe you guys got a few ideas. I don't know.
Maybe you were just entertained, but that's pretty much it.
You guys can stop asking for this type of video,
unless you really liked it.
And this video does really well
and it gets tons of view or something,
in which case, I'll just do it again.
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Last time we had a giveaway,
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That's all for today.
Thank you so much for watching
and we'll catch you in the next video.
Also, go outside.
It's probably really nice where you are.
Even if it's not nice where you are, go outside.