How to actually stop procrastinating

00:13:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xcJGEeX9gM

Summary

TLDRIn the video, Ali Aluli, a systems engineer and postdoctoral fellow at NASA, explores the root causes of procrastination and offers strategies to combat it. Ali shares that procrastination often stems from fear, a lack of interest or value alignment, and overwhelm. To tackle these, he suggests identifying your goals clearly, breaking tasks into manageable steps, and focusing on overcoming fears by preparing minimally invasive steps, termed 'V0'. Additionally, making tasks fun and leveraging accountability can further mitigate procrastination tendencies. Ali also emphasizes the importance of practical self-talk adjustments to question and address the root causes effectively.

Takeaways

  • 🧠 Understand the root cause of procrastination: fear, interest misalignment, or overwhelm.
  • 🎯 Set clear goals to guide your productivity and prevent procrastination.
  • 🔍 Focus on the first step to overcome overwhelm when starting tasks.
  • 🎶 Make tasks enjoyable by introducing fun elements like music.
  • 🛠️ Use 'V0' or preliminary steps to address fear of failure.
  • 👥 Leverage accountability to maintain motivation and task completion.
  • 🏆 Recognize that not all procrastination is negative, it might highlight a misalignment with personal values.
  • 🗣️ Shift self-talk to uncover the reasons behind procrastination.
  • 💡 Utilize small, manageable tasks to build momentum rather than tackling large projects at once.
  • 📈 Incremental improvements can lead to high-quality finishes without initial perfection pressure.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Ali introduces himself as a systems engineer and expresses his struggle with chronic procrastination. Having realized its impact, especially during his time as a PhD student, he decides to use his skills to analyze and diagnose the root causes of procrastination. He emphasizes that his video will help viewers understand what is happening in their brains regarding procrastination, without offering typical productivity tips. Ali explains that execution is the final step in a productivity system, especially for those with ADHD, requiring clarity on goals, priorities, and the timing of tasks. He states that procrastination is largely a problem of starting, usually stemming from fear, incongruence with personal values, or overwhelm. Ali argues that identifying the specific cause is crucial to addressing procrastination effectively.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:13:49

    Ali explains that understanding the reasons behind procrastination, whether it's fear, a conflict of interests or values, or overwhelm, is crucial before addressing these issues. He suggests solutions for each cause: breaking overwhelm by focusing only on the first step, aligning tasks with personal values or making them fun to tackle boredom, and dealing with fear of failure by creating low-stakes versions of the task. Ali introduces V0, a strategy to lower stakes further by preparing to execute a task without actually doing it initially. Additionally, having accountability could help sustain progress by ensuring external motivation. He concludes with an invitation to join his accountability community for extra support in tackling procrastination challenges.

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Video Q&A

  • What is the video about?

    The video is about understanding and overcoming procrastination, with an emphasis on identifying its root causes.

  • Who is Ali Aluli?

    Ali Aluli is a systems engineer and a postdoctoral fellow at NASA's propulsion lab.

  • What are common triggers for procrastination according to Ali?

    Fear, incongruence of interests and values, and overwhelm are identified as common triggers.

  • What is a common mistake people make when tackling tasks?

    A common mistake is focusing on the entirety of a task rather than identifying and starting with the first step.

  • How does Ali suggest overcoming overwhelm when starting a task?

    He suggests focusing only on the first step required to start the task, rather than the entire project.

  • How can people make unenjoyable tasks more engaging?

    Ali recommends finding ways to make these tasks enjoyable, such as listening to music or working with someone.

  • What is V0 according to Ali?

    V0 is the concept of a preliminary version of a task that helps in overcoming fear of failure by focusing on preparation rather than perfection.

  • What are Ali's recommended strategies for overcoming procrastination?

    Identifying the cause—whether it's fear, lack of interest, or overwhelm—and employing respective strategies like V0 for fear and focusing on the first step for overwhelm.

  • Why is accountability important in overcoming procrastination?

    Accountability provides external motivation and a sense of responsibility to keep working on tasks.

  • How can someone use procrastination positively?

    Procrastination can sometimes signal misalignment with personal values, and refraining from that task might be appropriate.

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  • 00:00:00
    hey guys my name is Ali aluli I'm a
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    systems engineer and a post doctor
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    fellow at the nas propulsion lab in this
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    video I'm going to show you how you can
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    figure out why you're procrastinating
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    specifically and how to put an end to
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    that so this video is going to be
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    attacking the root cause of
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    procrastination and it's not going to be
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    one of these cookie cutter like oh nine
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    tips on how you can be more productive
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    or like six tips on how you can stop
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    like no this is actually going to help
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    you figure out what the hell is going on
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    inside your brain now to give you some
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    insight although I am am currently
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    working as a full-time engineer at Nasa
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    I did my PhD when I was 26 years old I
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    have grown this YouTube channel as well
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    as my other engineering YouTube channel
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    to almost 40,000 subscribers and uh I've
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    always been a chronic procrastinator
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    I've struggled with procrastination my
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    whole life High School College even
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    during my PhD in the beginning of my PhD
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    especially I would give my PhD adviser
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    heart attacks not literal heart attacks
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    but I would make him panic because I
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    would have to wait till the very last
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    minute to do things and when I when I
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    when I came near graduation I started
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    realizing like man why am I why do I do
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    this why do I do this so I figured I
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    would use my skills as a systems
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    engineer to actually figure out what's
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    going on diagnose the problem and that's
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    the system that I'm going to walk you
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    through and by the end not only am I
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    going to show you how to diagnose the
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    right cause of procrastination for you
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    but also what to do about it so
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    basically before we talk about
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    procrastination which is basically like
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    the hurdle to execution execution is
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    only the last step in a in a in a proper
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    productivity system any type of producct
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    AC it system especially if you're
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    someone who has ADHD or higher up on the
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    ADHD Spectrum must give you Clarity you
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    need to get crystal clear on what is
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    your goal and why if you don't have a
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    goal how are you going to have be
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    productive or or or not procrastinate
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    because your brain is constantly going
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    to be like why are we doing this why
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    what what is this working towards you
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    know so you definitely need to have a
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    clear goal you definitely need to learn
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    how to prioritize how to pick what the
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    right task is I need to understand when
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    to do the right task and then finally
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    sitting down and doing it is going to be
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    the part where is tend to procrastinate
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    right that's the execution um so there
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    are two things that people struggle with
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    continuing and starting procrastination
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    is really a problem of starting so
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    people who are not who are are
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    procrastinating are really struggling
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    with starting a task and from my
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    experience that comes down to three
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    different uh reasons and you can next
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    time you procrastinate you can ask
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    yourself like which one of these three
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    is it most likely one is fear right you
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    very often you'll notice that you're
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    going to procrastinate on either a big
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    project or something that's important or
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    something that's very very important for
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    example not many people procrastinate on
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    like walking to the fridge and picking
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    up something to eat or like going to the
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    mail and and grabbing something to
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    grabbing your mail from the mailbox uh
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    these are things we don't really
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    procrastinate on because they're not
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    like really that important they're
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    things that are like automatic we just
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    do them there's nothing really at stake
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    uh something that you may procrastinate
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    out of fear is like a project or like a
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    YouTube video they have to make or like
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    a presentation for your business or
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    something like that something or or like
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    a dissertation for a PhD like things
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    like that uh there's there's definitely
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    a lot of fear of like oh man what if I
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    do it and it comes out to be not good
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    enough very often that there's there's
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    internal selft talk around the fear but
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    there's also two other causes why
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    procrastination may happen one of them
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    is simply the the in congruence of
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    interests and values and I'll tell you a
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    story when I started my first Consulting
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    business I hired a business coach who
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    was very very talented very very very
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    talented guy I learned a lot from him uh
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    but when it came down to sit down and
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    write my ads my paid advertisements um
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    we had to write them in a style that he
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    told me and it just it just I don't know
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    it didn't sit it didn't sit right with
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    me I didn't enjoy that style I like to
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    be more direct more honest more like I
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    have this thing do you want it or not
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    the style in which the ads were supposed
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    to be written as and was kind of more
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    like the very typical salesy like
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    markety as which I really cannot stand
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    and when he would check in with me and
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    say hey did you have time to write the
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    ads I would always say no no I haven't
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    no I did this other think no this other
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    thing came up I was procrastinating it
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    and it's not necessarily because I was
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    fearing that the ads would not come out
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    to be good it's just because the the way
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    that task was set up uh it did not it
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    did not align with my with my values so
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    I kept just putting it off very
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    similarly if something you're just not
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    interested in doing at all for example
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    if you're like a product engineer and
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    you have to sit down and write copy for
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    like an ad you just don't really care
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    that much about marketing usually and
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    because you don't care about it you just
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    keep putting it off because it's not fun
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    so this is another reason why you may be
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    putting things off but I would say
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    especially for for people with ADHD the
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    most common one is just overwhelm right
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    it's like oh man I have to start this
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    big thing I have to like uh sit down and
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    do this thing oh my God I have to work
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    on this project like it's just whenever
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    whenever you think of a task and like
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    there's like a mini like oh my God like
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    Panic like that accompanies it or like
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    something of that nature that's usually
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    like your brain signaling that okay I
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    have a big thing that I need to tackle
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    and I don't know if I'm quite ready to
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    tackle it yet um this is where overwhelm
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    can be a big problem and this again
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    relevant for projects sitting down
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    writing at copy doing things that nature
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    so these are things that will definitely
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    um affect you when it comes to
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    procrastinating now very very important
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    herisk you can perform is next time you
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    find yourself procrastinating again
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    right here we're not talking about
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    Solutions yet we still we haven't
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    addressed how to solve these problems in
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    practical ways but next time you you sit
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    down and you try to do something and you
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    can't do it uh instead of thinking I got
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    to do this why am I procrastinating
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    shift the selft talk to just asking why
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    what out out of the three reasons why am
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    I procrastinating am I fearing that the
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    that I might fail or the outcome may not
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    be good enough um am I just not
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    interested or this something that I just
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    like really really don't want to do and
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    I'm avoiding for some reason or am I
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    overwhelmed and by overwhelmed like I
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    haven't really fully thought through all
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    the steps needed to like um improve um
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    upon what I got to do and sit down and
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    do it and this is where I introduce you
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    to the three different solutions so the
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    reason we touch on this again is because
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    procrastination is not a one-size fits
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    all you have to understand why you're
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    procrastinating right whether it's
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    overwhelm whether it's fear whether it's
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    like conflict of interest values um
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    obviously there could be other like
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    minute minuscule reasons but I generally
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    think from my experience those three um
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    are kind of like the main the 99% of
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    procrastination that's why I call this
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    the procrastination Trident because very
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    often in my casee it's one of these
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    three things so in the case of overwhelm
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    it is very very simple think only of the
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    first step right there's a very common
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    mistake I see especially with people who
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    have ADHD is when they when they think
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    about what they got to do they say oh I
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    got to write a proposal oh I got to make
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    a video oh I got to do all these things
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    uh but you don't actually need to do
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    that all you need to tell yourself is
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    what is the first step I got to take
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    like in my case for a YouTube video if I
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    tell myself oh my God I sit down and
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    record a YouTube video like and they're
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    a typical person that that may be fine
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    with them but someone higher up on the
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    ad Spectrum you'll just keep putting it
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    off because especially if your brain has
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    not processed like all the steps or
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    visualized all the steps necessary you
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    you're just going to put it off but if
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    instead you replace that selft talk and
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    tell yourself oh I just got to sit down
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    and uh write an outline for the video I
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    don't need to I don't need to record the
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    whole video I just need to write an
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    outline what is the first step well if I
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    don't have outline then I don't have a
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    video and then you sit down and you and
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    you and you write an outline or you
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    write the first part of the video or you
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    do or you do something and then that's
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    going to give you the momentum to keep
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    going and then then before you know it
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    you'll turn on the ring light you'll
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    you'll start talking you'll set up your
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    microphone whatnot so if you're if
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    you're overwhelmed think only of the
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    first step that you got to take that's
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    basically the the the cure to that um if
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    you are someone who is like having a
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    conflict of interest or values ask
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    yourself um once you verified that this
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    is something like that is congruent with
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    your values if it's something completely
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    in congruent with your values then maybe
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    you should not do it like sometimes
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    procrastination is good sometimes
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    procrastination is you like like telling
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    yourself oh I really I should not be
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    doing this right maybe this will put my
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    my uh like like this is just something
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    that I don't feel comfortable doing
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    right uh but if it's the other case of
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    of which is which is fun which is
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    boredom like the reason you're putting
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    it off is because you get bored and
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    you're just not interested in that thing
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    find ways to make it fun there are so
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    many things in my life that I have to do
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    that are just not fun and my my hack for
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    that is music I put on music that I
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    really really enjoy for example if I
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    have to sit down and do paperwork I
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    can't stand paperwork but if I put on
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    like a really nice song that gets me in
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    Flow State and gets me kind of moving
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    what on then all of a sudden the
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    paperwork is not so bad because I'm at
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    least enjoying um the music uh find find
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    whatever maybe it's like having someone
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    they sit down and do the work with
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    whatever it is that can make the task
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    more fun will definitely help you solve
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    the boredom or interest problem in an
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    Ideal World the things you don't want to
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    do you just delegate them but if you're
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    not at that stage yet then you have to
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    find a way to make it fun and if the
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    case um is of procrastination is fear
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    failure then what you need is something
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    called vzer and this is something I have
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    uh learned to do which is I tell myself
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    okay I'm I'm maybe there's a bit of fear
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    maybe this thing needs to be good and
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    I'm afraid that it's not going to be
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    good enough right maybe there's a fear
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    of a failure there or a fear of effort
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    wasted oh man what if I sit down and
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    like do this and it turns out to be not
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    good that tends to be a very very strong
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    cause of procrastination something that
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    I that I that I that I do is I say well
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    before I even sit down and make a V1 or
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    the first version of my thing and then
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    maybe iterate on it later what would I
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    should do a v0o and vzero is like let me
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    just do a very quick check of like
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    everything I need to do for example if I
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    once sit down and record a YouTube video
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    V1 would be make the first version of
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    the video and if it's crappy that's fine
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    V2 can be a better one V3 can be an even
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    better one I can iterate that way but
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    vzer is like well how about I just clean
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    my room turn some lights turn turn the
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    lights on make sure my cameras in the
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    right place uh do a camera check do a
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    mic check do a computer check like I'm
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    not gonna I'm not I'm not gonna I'm not
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    going to actually record the real video
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    which means I'm not going to fail it's
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    impossible for me to fail because I'm
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    not going to record the real video but
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    what I'm going to do is I'm going to sit
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    down and do all the like Steps uh
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    assuming that I'm going to record and
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    and turn it on without actually posting
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    it and there's zero fear associated with
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    that step and it kind of feeds into this
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    idea of first step is you want this
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    thing to be like low stake low
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    consequence because then once I sit down
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    and I clean my desk and then I I I clean
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    my environment and I do all these things
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    and I have my camera and I test my
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    microphone then again from a selft talk
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    perspective it's a lot easier for me to
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    say oh dude I mean okay now I have the
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    setup what
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    is it really that screw it let me just
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    record the video let's just see what
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    happens like if it fails it doesn't fail
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    like sometimes the problem is not so
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    much in the belief that the thing is
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    going to fail and that you're going to
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    be bad for having it fail but rather
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    that combined with the the the the the
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    overwhelm induced in in this case so if
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    you're someone who's like really really
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    sensing that the reason why you're
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    procrastinating is fear of failure and
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    you're like afraid to get started on
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    this task because it may not be good
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    enough to your standard tell yourself
  • 00:11:31
    okay I'm not going to ship this thing
  • 00:11:32
    I'm not going to deliver this thing I'm
  • 00:11:34
    not actually going to I'm just going to
  • 00:11:36
    sit down and do the V zero like the bare
  • 00:11:38
    minimum just to get some type of
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    functioning thing working just so I can
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    take make make some progress and then if
  • 00:11:44
    I feel like actually shipping it and and
  • 00:11:47
    and continuing and shipping the the
  • 00:11:48
    thing that is done I'll do it if not
  • 00:11:50
    that's that's that's fine too but what
  • 00:11:52
    I've what I'll have at least done is
  • 00:11:55
    I've at least made some progress which
  • 00:11:56
    is going to make me feel good about
  • 00:11:57
    myself is going to boost my selfesteem
  • 00:11:59
    Steam and the moment you you you like
  • 00:12:02
    let go of this need to deliver something
  • 00:12:05
    great on first try you're going to feel
  • 00:12:08
    this like weight lifted from your
  • 00:12:10
    shoulders and then you'll be able to get
  • 00:12:11
    started with a v0 and the v0 will turn
  • 00:12:13
    into a V1 and the V1 is usually very
  • 00:12:15
    often good enough to be shipped if not
  • 00:12:17
    you go ahead and re-record it a second
  • 00:12:18
    time again in the case of a YouTube
  • 00:12:20
    video so again this kind of a very uh um
  • 00:12:24
    simple way way to overcome it now if you
  • 00:12:26
    want to kind of amplify this on steroids
  • 00:12:28
    which is power also for continuing is
  • 00:12:30
    you can go and find some accountability
  • 00:12:33
    if you can find other people that
  • 00:12:34
    basically hey bug you and ask you hey
  • 00:12:36
    did you do the thing did you do the
  • 00:12:37
    thing or maybe they can help you better
  • 00:12:39
    diagnose why why why you're struggling
  • 00:12:41
    with it um or or why why you're not
  • 00:12:43
    doing the task um accountability is very
  • 00:12:46
    very important from a friend from a
  • 00:12:47
    family member from a certified coach
  • 00:12:49
    from a from someone who knows what
  • 00:12:50
    they're doing if you have like some no
  • 00:12:52
    one in your life that you think can hold
  • 00:12:53
    you accountable on a consistent basis
  • 00:12:55
    I'm going to go ahead and put a link
  • 00:12:56
    below to our community where you can
  • 00:12:57
    come hang out with me other like min
  • 00:12:59
    entrepreneurs who can hold you
  • 00:13:00
    accountable where I also go over some of
  • 00:13:03
    this stuff in detail as well but you
  • 00:13:04
    want to make sure that you have some
  • 00:13:06
    type of accountability involved in your
  • 00:13:08
    life because if you don't have extrinsic
  • 00:13:10
    accountability like at all uh even if
  • 00:13:12
    you're addressing the the the the fear
  • 00:13:14
    of failure the fear the like lack of
  • 00:13:17
    having values and interests and the
  • 00:13:19
    overwhelm issues you're still not going
  • 00:13:21
    to have that extrinsic pressure that
  • 00:13:23
    like good weight on your shoulders to
  • 00:13:25
    deliver and that expectation of other
  • 00:13:27
    people especially if you're someone who
  • 00:13:29
    has like people pleasing Tendencies and
  • 00:13:31
    you can use that to your advantage
  • 00:13:32
    because then you don't want to
  • 00:13:33
    disappoint other people well at least
  • 00:13:34
    you don't want to disappoint them in in
  • 00:13:36
    in showing them that you haven't done
  • 00:13:37
    your stuff which can be productive for
  • 00:13:39
    yourself but anyway that's a discussion
  • 00:13:41
    for another video um if you enjoy this
  • 00:13:44
    content stick around for my channel for
  • 00:13:45
    more videos and I'll see you the next
  • 00:13:46
    one Peace Love
Tags
  • Procrastination
  • Productivity
  • Fear
  • ADHD
  • Overwhelm
  • Systems Engineering
  • Accountability
  • Motivation
  • Task Management
  • Self-improvement