3.5 hours a day. That's the amount of time that American Millennials spend on
their phone each day. And most of that time is spent on social media apps. Now,
my question was what benefits could you receive by stepping away from social
media for 30 days? You know, would I be more focused? Would I be more productive?
Would I get you know... Would I be happier? Would I be more anxious? What would
happen? Now, I tried this experiment where I took my phone and I would literally... If
I went on errands. I would leave it at home I deleted all social media apps
from my phone. I turned off all notifications on my phone from even
things like email. And I would just have zero social media on my phone. Now, the
first few weeks were really hard. Especially the first few days were
really hard. I would walk out of the house and I'd do the 3 Pat check
which guys know what this is. If you know what the three Pat check is when you
walk out the door. Say "I do" in the comments below. But basically I check to
make sure I have my keys, my wallet my phone. And I'd go out and I just have
this weird feeling and say, "Oh, wait." Where's my phone?
And it was really discomforting at first. And I also just found myself just
reaching for my phone and just taking it out and looking to see if I had any
messages or any notifications or anything
on my phone but realizing that there was no social media apps for me to look at.
You know, I take my phone and I scroll through the different screens. And there
would be nothing for me to do. And I just would put my phone back in my pocket and
realize I couldn't check any social media things. And it was also like kind
of intriguing to me the fact that it is such an addiction without even thinking.
Without just just sitting on the toilet I'd reach in my pocket. I just keep
pulling out my phone just to look at it and then realize I had nothing to look
at it. And I realized it's such a compulsive behavior. It's really taken
over. You know, it had taken over my life
in the way in addiction would. Now, this was especially challenging for me
because a lot of my business is actually done through social media.
You know, I've large YouTube channel and you know, I interact with a lot of people
on a number of different social networks in order to run in my business. So, it
made it a little bit more challenging but still it was an experiment. Can I run
my business without it on my phone? What I found was that it was very easy to run
my business without my phone? What I usually do is I message a lot of people
back on Facebook or on YouTube. On my phone I answer comments, I engage with my
audience. And not being able to do that didn't really detract anything from my
business. In fact, what I realized was that by turning off all these
distractions, I ended up being a lot more productive. And getting a lot more time
to be focused on different tasks. And behavior I've really relied on this as a
crutch. Whenever a task gets hard I would end up reaching for my phone and
checking through stats or messages or stuff like that. So, I kind of used it as
a crutch whenever I was feeling a little scared of doing something or I was like,
"Oh, man. I have to do this activity again in my business." And like not looking
forward to something. I would use my phone as a crutch or I'd use a check it
and find a distraction or find something to respond to it. And put off doing the
things I knew I needed to do. Any of these behaviors ring true to you, type in
"I do" in the comments below because you know I believe this happens to everybody.
I believe this is something... Or not everybody. But I believe it's a big
problem in our society. It's kind of a catch-22 with what I teach people to do.
I teach people how to use social media to make money but the kind of
double-edged sword there is by joining all these social networks, you might get
sucked into them and you might end up being a consumer. The social networks are
built to suck you in. They're built to get you intrigued. They're built to show
you what you want to see. They're built to show you a picture or a video or a
post or something that in flames you or get you reading it or get you watching
it or get you looking at it. And get you engaging more in it. So, that you stay on
their social network. That's their goal is --your attention. All these social
networks in a war your attention. And running a business
off of social media and also being a teacher teaching people how to use
social media. To make money, it's difficult because you have to use it. You
know, you have to it's like making a deal with the devil you have to use them. To
make money but at the same time you can't let them. You know, they're trying
to get you they're trying to get your attention. So, it is very difficult. And
being so enmeshed in social media, it's been a big thing but it's been highly
beneficial quitting social media. And I think just a lot better for my quality
of life. It's almost odd sometimes. I'm sitting at a restaurant and you know, I'm
eating and I'm like I don't have my phone to distract me. Because usually, I
you know, if I'm eating alone somewhere, I'm I'm kind of messing around on my
phone. Kind of looking for things to do but I don't have anything to do. So, I'm
forced to kind of notice my surroundings. And notice you know, what's going on. You
know, look at people or listen into conversations. People watch and I find
that's been a actually a largely positive experience. It also relates very
closely to what I believe you know, life should be like. I believe technology is a
tool to help us make money. It's not a life is not meant to be in technology.
Life is meant to be lived with people and with nature and not with technology.
And if you agree with me, you know, just say type in the comments you know, "life
is meant to be lived." Because I really believe you know nature and people or
how we were built it's what's... It's just how we're hardwired. We're humans, were
animals. Whereas technology is built to suck us into a machine. It's built to try
to bring us into it rather us using it as a tool. Social networks are not social.
They're in fact the most antisocial people are the biggest users of social
networks. So, it's one of those things. But let me know, if you you know... And I I'm
going to issue a challenge to you. Before I issue a challenge to you, I invite you to
subscribe to this channel. Like set up the notifications bells. And leave a
comment. Let me know what your thoughts are on this video. But my
challenge to you and say challenge accept it if you're gonna take me up on
this. Quit social media for 30 days. Delete all
of the apps from your phone. Delete all the social media
from your phone. Delete all notifications. Turn them all off. 30 days. One month of
your entire life. Turn them off. Email notifications included. Turn off
all notifications. You know, maybe if you need your phone to bring, you
know, leave that on. Turn everything else off and just see how it affects your
quality of life. It's a big change. And some people get angry. You know, my wife.
One of the hardest things was my wife got angry at me and she said, "It's...
You're so hard to reach." I said, "Just call me." She said, "No, I text." I said, "Well, you're
going to have to call me." That turned into a big discussion. But I can't be
interrupted by text all day. And that was one of the hardest things to overcome is
that pushback from my my own wife. But she could call. So, that's how it is. AAnd I
continue to do this experiment and it works out well. So, let me know. If you
accept my challenge, in the comments below. Like this video subscribe to my
channel. And I look forward to seeing you in my future videos. This concept, the
productivity thing it's been super helpful to me because you know as an
entrepreneur it's it's hard to manage your time. But most of my videos on this
channel are focused on making money as an internet entrepreneur. So, let's get it.
Get those hours back. 3 and a half hours. Take those hours back. Take back
control. See you in the next video.