Name: Inside The Mind of a Procrastinator
Uploaded: 2020-10-19T20:10:11.000Z
Duration: 3 min
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procrastination is something that we are all guilty from, including you because you have

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clicked on this video since you want to know whats happening inside your mind when you

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procrastinate, hoping that by understanding the process, you might find a way to defeat

It might seems like a complex process because you have been doing it for all of your life

and never found a way to stop it but in reality, it could not be simpler!

Your brain is designed in such a way that it always searches for a reward, someone likes

Compliments you, you couldn't feel better! thats why whenever your phone buzzes, you

instantly check your phone because your brain is craving for that instant gratification!

So let me ask you, what happens when you have in front of you a difficult task that seems

like its going to take a lot of time and effort and you are not even sure where to start and

how long its going to take and the rewards don't seem to come fast!

Your brain will start exaggerating it that is going to take longer than you think, thats

why its better to do it later, your brain will come up with every reason to delay it

and do something else now that will give you instant gratification such; let me just check

when the next marvel movies is going to come out or wha t is the price of bitcoin although

that you don't even own one! or whatever other useless nonsense will cross your mind!

So here is a simple trick that if you follow, you are guaranteed to stop procrastinating!

Break up the task and focus only on a simple small part of it!

When i feel lazy to go the gym, I stop thinking that i have to go and lift for the next 2

hours, I just make it clear to my mind that I am only going to exercise for 10 minutes,

and if I feel tired I will get back home.

Suddenly it gets much easier to get up and head to the gym!

And once I am there lifting, it gets much easier to continue for another hour or so!

Remember your job is to get yourself to start, the rest will be easier!

when you want to watch a youtube video, you don't plan to watch videos for the next 2

hours, you just want to watch that one video about the next iPhone, and then somehow you

Making videos is extremely difficult, especially writing a script and I always use to procrastinate!

But now instead of thinking that i have to write an entire script, I simply focus first

on coming up with the topic and nothing else, then I move to coming up with 2 or 3 ideas

Trust me, this is the most practical way to defeat procrastination, try it out!

thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one!