How to Be an Adult

How to Overcome Procrastination (Ep. 31, with Kate Voss)

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In this conversational episode, Kate and Luke discuss how to overcome procrastination, based on their personal experience, as well as professional work with hypnotherapy clients.

  • Procrastination originates from the Latin word procrastinus, meaning ‘of tomorrow,’ highlighting the tendency to defer actions to a future time.
  • Living with the knowledge of future consequences (e.g., dirty dishes, laundry) can motivate present action and set up a better tomorrow.
  • Self-motivated and productive individuals maximize their available waking hours by prioritizing important tasks and letting go of non-essential ones.
  • Completing tasks quickly, rather than carrying them as burdens, leads to a lighter and easier life, as avoiding tasks often requires more energy than doing them.
  • Tasks are frequently perceived as more difficult than they actually are; engaging with them reveals they are often feasible and manageable.
  • The belief that one can accomplish a task is crucial, echoing Henry Ford’s sentiment that ‘whether you believe you can or whether you believe you can’t, you’re right.’
  • We frame procrastination as a ‘software problem’ (thought processes) rather than a ‘hardware problem’ (fixed wiring), suggesting it can be overcome by upgrading thinking patterns.
  • Breaking down large tasks into smaller, manageable steps (chunking) is essential for completing them, similar to running a marathon one step at a time.
  • The principle ‘done is better than perfect’ encourages action and progress over striving for unattainable perfection.
  • Audacity is the key differentiator between those who ‘dare to disturb the universe’ and take action, and those who do not.

    • Table of Contents:

    0:00 – Intro

    0:49 – What is procrastination?
    2:23 – How to make the most out of each day
    6:32 – Luke’s experience with procrastination
    8:47 – Is procrastination a fixed mindset, or can it change?
    10:58 – Best practices for procrastination
    15:20 – How perfectionism fuels procrastination
    19:38 – Learn to be your own greatest ally
    23:06 – Turn best practices into action
    25:34 – Becoming a doer, not a dreamer
    27:29 – Dare to disturb the universe

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