7 Productivity Secrets for Watching YouTube Videos!
About this video
Jeff shares seven tips for watching YouTube more intentionally and productively. First, use incognito mode for guilty-pleasure videos so they do not affect recommendations — Command+Shift+N in any browser, typing YouTube then Tab in Chrome’s address bar to search YouTube directly, or turning on incognito in the mobile app via the profile icon. Second, if you did not use incognito, clean up recommendations by opening the three dots on a home-feed video and choosing Not Interested or Don’t Recommend This Channel. Third, use YouTube Studio’s Audio Library to download free audio tracks and insert them into Google Slides presentations as welcome music that plays automatically, can loop with the icon hidden, and stops when you advance the slide, rather than looping Spotify or a YouTube video in the background. Fourth, use keyboard shortcuts daily: M for mute, F for full screen, T for theater mode, spacebar to play/pause, arrow keys to skip, and Shift+period to speed up and Shift+comma to slow down — he says he watches educational videos at 1.5 times speed and entertainment at 1x, with custom playback speed adjustable in 0.05 increments. Fifth, open a video’s transcript and use Command+F to find exact words and jump to that moment. Sixth, right-click to copy the video URL at the current time and share a link to a specific scene. Seventh, use the search icon within a channel to do a targeted search of only that channel’s videos.
Key takeaways
- Use incognito mode (Command+Shift+N on desktop, or via the profile icon on mobile) for guilty-pleasure viewing to protect recommendations
- Remove unwanted recommendations with Not Interested or Don’t Recommend This Channel from a video’s three-dot menu
- Download free tracks from YouTube Studio’s Audio Library and insert them as auto-playing, looping audio in Google Slides
- Use shortcuts M, F, T, spacebar, arrows, and Shift+period/comma for speed; custom playback speed adjusts in 0.05 increments
- Find moments fast with transcript + Command+F, share scenes with Copy Video URL at Current Time, and search within a single channel
Episode details: published June 8, 2021 · 8:16 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Jeff Su’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.
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