US /proʊˌkræstəˌneɪtə/
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I was what you would call a minimalist and a procrastinator.
If you label, if you define yourself as a procrastinator, you actually will stay consistent with that.
Because there's a quote that I really like from Tony Robbins, which is that, "The strongest force in human personality is the need to stay consistent in how we define ourselves." If you label, if you define yourself as a procrastinator, you actually will stay consistent with that.
You may be thinking, I'm a procrastinator.
are a procrastinator. Okay? You are a procrastinator. A procrastinator is a person who always procrastinates.
If you are a person who always procrastinates, you, my friend, are a procrastinator.
If you answered yes to any of those questions, then the world has probably told you that you are lazy or that you're a procrastinator who lacks motivation.
and I labeled myself as that lazy procrastinator who would never achieve any great academic success.
person that puts things off, you know, I’m a procrastinator or I’m, you know, not aggressive
other people. So, here's the brain of a non-procrastinator. Now, here's my brain: Both brains have a rational
So here's the brain of a non-procrastinator.
It's teaching me to become a better procrastinator on the wrong things, which are not important to me right now.
Because I am a procrastinator, I put things off and say ‘I’ll do it later’;
Because I am a procrastinator, I put things off and say, "I'll do it later," I am my own manipulator, tricking myself that time is on my side when it's not.
No wonder TED Talk, inside the mind of a master procrastinator, has garnered over 59 million views, even nine years after it came out.
Let's figure out what kind of procrastinator you are, and more importantly, why you put things off.