If you identify as a procrastinator - chances are you beat yourself up about the fact. You might feel like you lack self discipline, willpower, focus - and any number of other personality traits that our determined, tenacious, productive, get s**t done type friends possess.
Well despair no more, because in today's small talk episode I share a revelation that came to me courtesy of The Huberman Lab. In this episode Andrew (Hottie) Huberman talks to super habit genius Professor Adam Grant about the fact that not all procrastination is equal.
It's true - if you live in denial about s**t that needs to get done and just blatantly ignore doing things until the last minute - you do indeed fall into the procrastinator pot.
But for the others out there - who (like me) put off getting started - while they mull over, muse, brainstorm, mentally massage their ideas/problems/projects and tasks - you could be what is called the 'Delayer'. And it may just be - that your end game is one that is more creative, allows for more innovative solutions and a more expansive approach to problem solving and decision making.
It is a fascinating episode - all 3 hours of it, so if you want the small popcorn mini meal version - I've taken the highlights and squeezed them in here.
If you haven't seen Tim Urban's TED Talk on Procrastination - STOP PROCRASTINATING - and watch it now. It's bloody funny.
Tim Urbanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU
