"If you procrastinate, read this"

You avoid discomfort

You trade short term relief for long term pain

Learn to embrace difficult feelings by
- Noticing
- Naming
- Allowing
... emotions

Learning to work with your emotions is the key to getting your work done

Motivation is the antidote to procrastination

Motivation is not about willpower.

Instead, it's about
- What you expect to get
- How much you value it
- Your ability to reduce distraction
- The delay between now and what you want

Work to improve these then you'll succeed

Reduce procrastination by expecting you can succeed

Your expectation about increases motivation to do a task

Expect success, you will start
Expect failure, you won’t

Be honest. Do you think you will fail or succeed?

The value of the task changes your willingness to do it

If you increase
- the enjoyment
- the reward
… you are more likely get to work

To increase the value:
- make it a game
- 10x the profitability
- connect to your purpose

Motivation is destroyed by your impulsivity

Your tendency to get distracted lures you into Twitter or Instagram instead of your work at hand

Decrease impulsivity by increasing friction between you and distractors
- hide your phone
- turn off notifications
- clean up your desk

Far off goals are procrastination favorites

The longer the delay between now and your goal, the more likely you will procrastinate

Decrease delay by:
- Creating subgoals
- Have blocks of time
- Focus on daily habits

Understanding you is the key to procrastination

You can read every book on productivity (later of course). However, until you know what works for you and your life, it won't matter.

Optimizing your life means being aware of you.

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