Very insightful, my takeaways were: 1- Just show up, no matter what. #Stoic 2- Motivation follow action 3- if it isn’t in your calendar, you’re procrastinating.
Enjoyed this talk. Some of my favorite takeaways: (1) abstract things belong to tomorrow and concrete ones belong to today. Make goals CONCRETE because the brain treats em differently. (2) WHEN/THEN - example: when my tea is steeping, I will do some stretching. (3) I can have an emotion but don’t have to BE that emotion! 💥 (4) Don’t steal their struggle! LOVED this one. - Lastly, I really enjoyed how he easily referenced so many books and authors! GREAT ‘Deep Dive’!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
hmm as someone with really low conscientiousness, which, as the interviewee implied correlates highly with procrastination, it would be really good to hear someone like that talk about how they stopped procrastinating. The interviewee said that they've always had high conscientiousness so they've always been able to just start tasks and work in a disciplined way, so it feels so much less relatable when people who already had good amounts of discipline talks about how you need to just start the task. I know there was nuance to what he was saying but I would love to hear from someone who made a complete 180 in terms of procrastination.
I use commitment contracts. I have a referee who enforces the contracts. It is a way to manipulate your emotions. It’s more desirable to fulfill the contract than to give into feeling good.
This is pure gold! I am at the crossroads of my career, and I procrastinated on the work I needed to do and felt quilted and frustrated. Deep down, I knew why, and your excellent podcast with Dr. Tim Pychyl has eloquently elucidated the emotional maze behind this, which helps me to get moving. I greatly appreciate that!
Tim is so masterful yet humble. Highly spiritual and has a depth of knowledge about his subject. Love the fact that he addresses everyone as "we peocrastinators tend to..." and counts himself as one too. good talk!
It was great to hear Tim talk again… I’ve listened to all of his iProcrastinate podcast episodes. The end comment about him meeting with a man and just chatting, human to human, was very touching. There needs to be more connection like that.
About the question of happiness being found in goal setting and the spiritual notion that happiness is found in the moment, I don't think there is anything paradoxical about it. The spiritual notion that happiness is found in the moment is about how you experience the moment or in the actions that you are taking to achieve your goals. It means not being attached to the outcome like you are not attached to the outcome of your UA-cam channel Ali but only focused on the metrics within your control. So one sets a goal, but they don't spend time in the future anxious about what might go wrong or in the past worried about what happened that might prevent them from achieving the goal. It is being present with everything you are doing even the tasks associated with goals you have set. Procrastination itself is influenced by shame, avoidance etc., all emotions that are as a result of dwelling too much either in the past or in the future.
Hi, you explained this so well,I just watched a video about why we don't follow through,I just realised that I spent so much time fantasies about my goals instead of executing them.
procastination vs delay reward vs utlility, resistence, procastination is a reward driven to avoid emotional pain, of not reaching your goals compensatory beliefs and thinking, always later. rationalization, in the moment of beating the resistence. just get started. what is the next action? as a gateway? reaction on stress. trasitive preference. we are good of self-deception. , structured procastination. strongest emotion associated with procastination, is guilt, and if long enough it develops into shame. by engaging we find reward and by getting started we find that reward Goal oriented, pre-frontal cortex, executive functions, motion focus coping, we need to focus more on process, not output. the amount of excercise you can control not the output which is the body percentage. showup is disipline. concientince motivation should follow action, not the otherway around. like if we are waiting for our muse, all of these things come together if you have good habits. effortlessness. gamifcation ===> limits to how much you enjoy that flow takes effort, but it takes thousands of times to reach that which involves disipline. --- had the impression to enlarge your biceps you need to make it effortless. === the opposite of one great truth is other great truth, the courage to teach.
Ali, recently Science published an article about how toxicity of excess glutamate may contribute to cognitive fatigue. Given your background as a physician - would it be possible that the issue underlying procrastination might actually be brain toxicity of excess glutamate? That the brain is simply suffering from this buildup and needs to rest? So if that is true, then the answer is not to "to just get started" and "realizing that you only have one life to live", but rather the realization that rest (in between work sessions and on weekends etc) is actually the antidote to procrastination? Or at least: one of the factors?
Ali, It would be really helpful if you can help us with this....... What I can't understand about Things like Time Blocking & all, is that - How can you block an exact duration of time for something if you don't know how long it would take? Like Ali was giving example about studying chapter 3 of subject X from 7-9 PM. OK but you haven't studied it; so How do you know how difficult it is & how long it would take ? What if it takes more time than that? Then you delay the whole schedule & waste time on that?
And if you say Input based goals like just study X from 7-9PM, Then I lose focus as I don't have any goal to follow and unsurprisingly I tend to just pass the time and call it a day. But then we can't get anything done as per deadlines.
Another great conversation. The guests are phenomenal and the questions brought up by Ali are super sharp on bringing the whole chat further into the deep dive. Loving it ! Thx for the great work !
This came up on my YT android app endless scroll and I immediately downloaded it. Then I really wanted to procrastinate watching it and continue with the endless scroll...
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I will watch this later 🙏
You win the internet!😂🥳
hahah sahi
Have you watched it finally?
vicious cycle of procrastination 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Very insightful, my takeaways were:
1- Just show up, no matter what. #Stoic
2- Motivation follow action
3- if it isn’t in your calendar, you’re procrastinating.
Thank you!
Enjoyed this talk. Some of my favorite takeaways: (1) abstract things belong to tomorrow and concrete ones belong to today. Make goals CONCRETE because the brain treats em differently. (2) WHEN/THEN - example: when my tea is steeping, I will do some stretching. (3) I can have an emotion but don’t have to BE that emotion! 💥 (4) Don’t steal their struggle! LOVED this one. - Lastly, I really enjoyed how he easily referenced so many books and authors! GREAT ‘Deep Dive’!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
"Delayed due to emotional problems" - thank you for saying that. 🙏
hmm as someone with really low conscientiousness, which, as the interviewee implied correlates highly with procrastination, it would be really good to hear someone like that talk about how they stopped procrastinating. The interviewee said that they've always had high conscientiousness so they've always been able to just start tasks and work in a disciplined way, so it feels so much less relatable when people who already had good amounts of discipline talks about how you need to just start the task. I know there was nuance to what he was saying but I would love to hear from someone who made a complete 180 in terms of procrastination.
Agree
I use commitment contracts. I have a referee who enforces the contracts. It is a way to manipulate your emotions. It’s more desirable to fulfill the contract than to give into feeling good.
i think you should listen Mel robbins for this.
I highly recommend Dr Timothy Pychyls Podcast on an adult ADHD study on academic students
This is pure gold! I am at the crossroads of my career, and I procrastinated on the work I needed to do and felt quilted and frustrated. Deep down, I knew why, and your excellent podcast with Dr. Tim Pychyl has eloquently elucidated the emotional maze behind this, which helps me to get moving. I greatly appreciate that!
Tim is so masterful yet humble. Highly spiritual and has a depth of knowledge about his subject. Love the fact that he addresses everyone as "we peocrastinators tend to..." and counts himself as one too. good talk!
I love the pleasant, wise, peaceful energy coming from Tim Pychyl! Interesting he referred to Parker J. Palmer whom I enjoy for similar reasons.
It was great to hear Tim talk again… I’ve listened to all of his iProcrastinate podcast episodes. The end comment about him meeting with a man and just chatting, human to human, was very touching. There needs to be more connection like that.
Is there a way to tap into the feeling and thoughts of "This isn't that bad, why didn't I start earlier?" So that we can use it to not procrastinate?
Procrastinating by watching a video on procrastination. 💁🏽♀️
Thank you Tim, Ali, Angus, Elizabeth and others behind the scenes! Raza :)
About the question of happiness being found in goal setting and the spiritual notion that happiness is found in the moment, I don't think there is anything paradoxical about it. The spiritual notion that happiness is found in the moment is about how you experience the moment or in the actions that you are taking to achieve your goals. It means not being attached to the outcome like you are not attached to the outcome of your UA-cam channel Ali but only focused on the metrics within your control. So one sets a goal, but they don't spend time in the future anxious about what might go wrong or in the past worried about what happened that might prevent them from achieving the goal. It is being present with everything you are doing even the tasks associated with goals you have set.
Procrastination itself is influenced by shame, avoidance etc., all emotions that are as a result of dwelling too much either in the past or in the future.
Hi, you explained this so well,I just watched a video about why we don't follow through,I just realised that I spent so much time fantasies about my goals instead of executing them.
This is truly an awesome conversation! I’ve listened to it multiple times now and I greatly appreciate your work Ali!
Thank you, Ali, for this amazing interview. You and Tim Pychyl share the same wholesome vibes and it feels really good to learn with both of u. 🌻
We don't do tasks
We don't do projects
We do ACTIONS,
the best question you can ask yourself is
WHAT'S THE NEXT ACTION - David Allen
What a nice guy, enjoyed that a lot. Watched the procrastinating cleaning my room, but got a lot from it, more than a clean room!!!!!
This was EXCELLENT. Thank you both for your time and expertise. I took so many notes and your insights resonated with me.
Can you please share your notes?
Thankyou :)
There's so much richness here; thank you
Very... veeeeeeery lovely...I didn't know that about being a parent...lovely conversation ❤️
Motivation is the Reason (Motive) to do something (Action) It’s your Why, what you do (Action) is driven by your reason (motive)
procastination vs delay
reward vs utlility,
resistence,
procastination is a reward driven to avoid emotional pain, of not reaching your goals
compensatory beliefs and thinking, always later. rationalization,
in the moment of beating the resistence. just get started.
what is the next action? as a gateway? reaction on stress.
trasitive preference.
we are good of self-deception. , structured procastination.
strongest emotion associated with procastination, is guilt, and if long enough it develops into shame.
by engaging we find reward and by getting started we find that reward
Goal oriented, pre-frontal cortex, executive functions, motion focus coping,
we need to focus more on process, not output.
the amount of excercise you can control not the output which is the body percentage.
showup is disipline. concientince
motivation should follow action, not the otherway around.
like if we are waiting for our muse, all of these things come together if you have good habits.
effortlessness. gamifcation ===> limits to how much you enjoy that
flow takes effort, but it takes thousands of times to reach that which involves disipline.
---
had the impression to enlarge your biceps you need to make it effortless.
===
the opposite of one great truth is other great truth, the courage to teach.
Most meaningful video I have ever watched @ Ali abdaal. As an avid procrastinator
Thank you Ali for thing life changing interviews ☺️
Amazing
damn that transition out of the intro was clean af. keep that!
also that fingersnap is how you start a take right? haha
Ali, recently Science published an article about how toxicity of excess glutamate may contribute to cognitive fatigue. Given your background as a physician - would it be possible that the issue underlying procrastination might actually be brain toxicity of excess glutamate? That the brain is simply suffering from this buildup and needs to rest? So if that is true, then the answer is not to "to just get started" and "realizing that you only have one life to live", but rather the realization that rest (in between work sessions and on weekends etc) is actually the antidote to procrastination? Or at least: one of the factors?
Wonderful to have segments feature activated..makes long video easier to digest
Ali, It would be really helpful if you can help us with this.......
What I can't understand about Things like Time Blocking & all, is that - How can you block an exact duration of time for something if you don't know how long it would take?
Like Ali was giving example about studying chapter 3 of subject X from 7-9 PM. OK but you haven't studied it; so How do you know how difficult it is & how long it would take ? What if it takes more time than that? Then you delay the whole schedule & waste time on that?
And if you say Input based goals like just study X from 7-9PM, Then I lose focus as I don't have any goal to follow and unsurprisingly I tend to just pass the time and call it a day. But then we can't get anything done as per deadlines.
I think once you block your behavior a lot, you can get an accurate estimate. Expect to miscalculate when you first start.
I'm watching it while procrastinating 🙂
I really enjoyed this interview. Thank you both for sharing.
Needed this👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I love this! ❤️
Thank you Ali for the amazing quality content!
I'm procrastinating by watching a video on procrastinating :)
Excellent interview🤗
Another great conversation. The guests are phenomenal and the questions brought up by Ali are super sharp on bringing the whole chat further into the deep dive. Loving it ! Thx for the great work !
I'm watching 6 hours of UA-cam everyday. Am I procrastinating?
Yes, unless you learning something
Excellent interview
Choosing now to do things if we are able to rather than delaying it.
Now, a special content for those with ADHD. ;)
Which book did he recommend? ART something, can someone list it? I lost which point in the conversation he mentioned.
This came up on my YT android app endless scroll and I immediately downloaded it. Then I really wanted to procrastinate watching it and continue with the endless scroll...
Nice Content! :D Thanks a lot for inspire People 💎
I didn’t know Cam from Ferris buellers day off was a doc
Ali have you spoken with Neal Ford? I would love to see an interview seems like a very interesting book he has on productivity
So let's start my efforts to change, see you all later fellow procrastinators, hopefully with any results!
I need to fix my problem of denial and then later as soon as possible fix my problem of procras.
Have you finished your food? then wash your bowl :) it hit me like a truck
Fantastic I'm From nigeria
I knew I saw him somewhere. He's Mr. Walter White.
18,20,27,33 most important notes
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I sense the doctor practices Vipassana
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