Procrastination
topic on 4 shows · 6 statements across 6 episodes
the Knowledge Project 
Lenny's Podcast 
Capital Allocators 
the a16z Podcast
6 statements about Procrastination, every show
Clear: Procrastination is often a signal you do not actually want your goal
“Procrastination is not always a bad thing. If you're procrastinating on something, something, sometimes it's a signal that you don't actually want that thing which is fine.”
Eyal: Procrastination is an emotion regulation problem, not a character flaw
“Fundamentally procrastination is an emotion regulation problem. It's not a character flaw.”
Milkman: Commitment devices are the best proven solution for procrastination
“The best scientifically proven solution I've seen for procrastination and for a lot of willpower problems is actually constraining ourselves. Using what economists call commitment devices, or tools that prevent us from making decisions, from procrastinating, f…”
Eyal: Time management requires pain management to resolve emotional discomfort
“Time management requires pain management. Time management requires pain management. You'll always be distracted by something, right? If it's too much news, too much booze, too much football, too much Facebook, it doesn't matter. Something is going to distract …”
Grant: Moderate procrastinators earn higher workplace creativity ratings than extreme procrastinators
“I had a PhD student, Jihei Shin, who studied this, and she found that there was a curvilinear relationship between how often you procrastinate and how creative your supervisors rate you in multiple organizations.”
Oakley: Contemplating unpleasant tasks activates the brain's pain center
“What happens when you even just think about something you don't want to do or don't like, It activates a portion of the brain in the insular cortex that experiences pain, so it's kind of like that same feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you don't …”