The real reason you procrastinate | WorkLife with Adam Grant (Audio only)

You procrastinate because you're lazy, right? Wrong. The truth is more complex -- and far more interesting. Learn how to stop putting off important tasks ... with a little help from master procrastinator Margaret Atwood. (Audio only)
Adam hosts the TED Audio Collective podcast WorkLife with Adam Grant--a show that takes you inside the minds of some of the world's most unusual professionals to discover the keys to a better work life. Listen to WorkLife with Adam Grant and find more podcasts by subscribing to the TED Audio Collective: / tedaudiocollective
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[@adlee0705]

Yep. This is gonna be in everyone's watch later playlist

[@redforest9269]

I have a special playlist for videos which are audio-only. Usually, it's just podcasts.

[@vrapbrap]

Yeah I added this to a list that I'll watch later, just decided to check the comments real quick first for some reason. I'll check out this video sometime later, likely never knowing myself.

[@tiavor]

that's how I organize my videos. I just go though my subscriptions, add new videos to the watch-later list and then just have enough for a few the evening without the need to look for new videos to watch.

[@azyuma1]

I just saw this on my watch later..😂

[@TheCJUN]

😁👍

[@elviscoso01]

I just added this to my watch later list.

[@emilyherman4483]

Elvis Coso LOL

[@emilyherman4483]

Me2

[@someoneonline5192]

I'm just playing it at x2 lol.

[@lucasbarros5928]

It's my new hobby, I stopped wathcing youtube and proceded to just add them to my watch later list

[@adelarscheidt]

"if you want something done, give it to a busy person" that was the main takeaway for me

[@noname-rj7dx]

1) Procrastination is a protective measure from bad measure 2) Create a conscious hould and want self (magret and Peggy) 3) Create a to-don't list with short term wants 4)

[@ebbyc1817]

I used to procrastinate a lot on exercise, until I got a lot better at it, and stronger. So I guess I procrastinate to avoid feelings of incompetence.

[@julissiajones6198]

TedEd actually made a blog post about procrastination a few months ago, I believe. What I learned from that was when we equate our accomplishments to our self-worth, we'll procrastinate to avoid feelings of inadequacy. You're pretty spot on 😁👏🏼

[@ebbyc1817]

@@julissiajones6198 hmmm that's interesting, I'm going to look it up, thanks!

[@jiwonheo9169]

Yo don't call me out like this

[@nivedpalissery1969]

Yes! You are spot on.

[@lindycoulee]

I tend to procrastinate because of the extreme stress and anxiety studying gives me. I'm a perfectionist and the last few years I've experienced a lot of 'failure', which probably leads to me having these feelings. Despite me aknowledging this, I can't bring myself to change...

[@majksu]

So true.

[@rashmithomas11]

True😟

[@Lukas-kh5gu]

I am writing this on a Saturday, 15.55 PM on 11.4.2020. The video has been on my "Watch Later" playlist since March 18th… I am 3 minutes into the vid and am already going through the comments looking for a summary.

[@jennawang9786]

have you found a summary yet?

[@adamstates2328]

Well now with Covid 19 I have too much time, at the end of the day all I did was playing video games And I have work to deliver next week.

[@samusammale766]

22:35 to skip the add

[@SweetKonekoCat]

Samu Sammale Thx

[@julissiajones6198]

Ugh, thanks! 🙏🏼 Stay safe

[@giorgioabbruscato1789]

meh, I’ll watch this later

[@andyzhang3683]

The real reason you procrastinate... While you watch a 30 minute long video

[@quinkydinkers3102]

*Laughs in quarantine*

[@shahdalnashed7783]

Or hear..

[@rp.t]

People thanks for this!

[@MarkoMatijevic91]

Real interesting information here about such a common problem we all suffer from! I started my KZbin channel just doing VLOGS, but after watching videos like this and reading books about self improvement I've shifted gears. It's amazing how much we can improve ourselves with just a few tweaks here and there in our routines and habits.

[@bongs1995]

Man did I need this. It's manageable, that's reassuring 😅

[@reileyadams5911]

Amazing content. Thank you to the whole TED team. Real recognize real.

[@arianegiesriegl535]

My attention span is too short for this podcast, so I started working

[@slavickalexeeff9565]

Thanks!

[@ssiddarth]

Loved this podcast

[@nush.a]

this is probably the 4th time i tried to listen to this from my watch later playlist

[@hoihoi12250]

This has been in my playlist for months.

[@mhassanmalik5895]

Very useful podcast thank you

[@nayelietorres2817]

This is so true

[@fkmyoutube]

Added this into my Watch Later list one month ago. (One month later) Still here.

[@SaraPerez-kr2zq]

can I admit I've been procrastinating to finally watch this LOL glad I finally am though. the dual personality strategy is definitely helping tho!

[@onceappuonatime]

Discovered this in my watch later playlist

[@Valentin439]

I will watch this tomorrow

[@V3ritas1989]

you should interview programmers! Authors or writers are such a niesche, specialised and creative activity which is somehow always used as an example about procrastinating but I think it is not comparable to most other trades.

[@ImNotADeeJay]

I will have to watch this video... Maybe tomorrow

[@oleksandrlytvyn532]

Thanks, very interesting podcast! 🐒

[@asha.m]

Im supposed to be cleaning and reorganizing my bedroom. Hope this video helps.....

[@chocobello_]

I saved this in Watch Later since 2020 and just watched it lol

[@msappleph]

“We should think about productivity not just a volume of output but as the value of output” - “there’s a big difference between working long hours and doing worthwhile works”

[@Wolf-ny6bz]

I can‘t stop criticizing all I do or could do, somewhere deep inside me, there is a hidden corner convincing me that I’ll never be good enough hehe

[@bravestn]

Don't worry you are not alone! this is a good vid to watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2PPi6B_lsuYppY Don't equate your self worth with how much you accomplish.

[@Wolf-ny6bz]

@@bravestn thanks it was helpful

[@bravestn]

@@Wolf-ny6bz You've got this! Just live your life for you and go with the flow. Something will come along and change your outlook on yourself. You are capable you just don't know it, you will though!

[@brenduhgeeyeen]

I almost procrastinated to watch this...now i wanna know why im like this lol

[@joeyjaya7267]

Hi me too. Lol

[@abbyning8498]

I am procrastinating, which is why I am listening to this audio

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

Shortening the workweek woudln't work as well for me since I feel like my energy drops intermittently so I'm really bad at jobs where continual use of energy and focus is needed. Getting 20 hours effective work done requires 35 hour work week with slack spread inbetween the hours. If I was to try and do it all in only 20 hours then there would be slack spread between those hours and it'd be less anyway. *I miss the days when I could have high energy the entire day. I didn't even understand that all people do'nt have that before i didn't as i got older.*

[@majesticwonder]

Hoarders must be a prime example

[@serenaally]

It’s 4:38 am, I have 3 finals due online before 11:00 pm today and I need to sleep. I only sleep for 6 hours so I just need to stop procrastinating going to sleep

[@muhammadfhazrulhakimjaelan2527]

this my 36 minutes procrastination

[@n30njuice40]

Anyone else procrastinating with this video?

[@zarakkhan886]

To don't list with short term wants We need to distinguish between working long hours and worth while work. We should not consider the volume of output but instead the value of output. Leaders have decided to 4 days of work per week. Ur focus,efficiency and productivity increases

[@xXbaker1025Xx]

The concept of a shorter work week very much coincides with Parkinson's Law, as you would not only be artificially more productive by having less hours (thus tightening the ratio of work done to hours of work) but also could have a psychological effect of causing more productivity by making people feel like they have less time to get everything done, causing them to be more focused.

[@margo8469]

Literally took me about 3 months to watch it

[@msappleph]

If you’re efficient and effective the reward is you got to work less

[@francvalencia6206]

i'm scared. 😨🥺 how did youtube knows i'm procrastinating right now?! 😄😆😂

[@wla34661ala]

Cause we always are.

[@zandilemabika9368]

Wonder how they found all this information about me :)

[@mariamst2096]

when she said that in her worse times she had a 4 hours screentime ,me looking at my 9 h average and reach 13 h few times I knew how fucked up I was

[@rainerkrammconsulting227]

You are still confusing productivity and efficiency. Doing the same work in shorter time isn't productivity. Productivity is doing the right thing. The fact that one does less social media scrolling doesn't make the rest of the work the right thing to do. For example this topic is in line with my mission, so it's not procrastination and it's productivity. For those who are not focused on this, who are watching it, for them this is procrastination and unproductive. Objectively anything is productive if it's in line with nature's way. If it has an impact that's supporting how life evolved, it's productive, if it doesn't it's unproductive.

[@BubbleGumPrince]

"how does she mange her procrastination so productively?"

[@rainerkrammconsulting227]

@Rebecca Leeman subjectively if your goal is to kill people then for you as an individual it's productive. From objective view it's not productive. Keeping in mind that even objectivity (the laws of nature) changes in time because we humans (our perception) changes in time. Productivity is not something fixed, it depends on the viewer. However, working against ones own inclination is always non productive for ones goal in life. And that conflict creates anxiety, stress, depression.

[@mithilaamte3061]

I'm even procrastinating watching this video 😩

[@SievertSchreiber]

Subtitles were behind and thus distracting

[@enigmatic9118]

Eh. I'll watch it later.

[@alexandersergal]

3 day work week at 7.50$ an hour sounds like "fun".

[@MituButChi]

I need to know the name of the "psychologist in the UK". "Fuchsias ur-wah" is what I got from the auto-generated CC. Obviously that doesn't help. So, anyone know her name please? No?

[@francestang7152]

Fuschia Sirois

[@MituButChi]

@@francestang7152 Thank you ^^

[@techlov3r]

I think, it helped my studies a bit.🙄🙄🙄

[@icarusswitkes986]

Sorry ill watch it later

[@deafrozze]

собственной

[@heartsfirstaidkit]

75% of the comments: I'm procrastinating by watching this video! 20% of the comments: This will be in my watch later playlist! 4.5%: Other 0.5%: Making an unoriginal, inaccurate estimation of what the comments here are about.

[@abraacoustic2322]

I am in 20% .. And I proud :v

[@johnbray3143]

If its not a talk to an audience, create a different feed for it

[@mitchelleromosele8676]

I totally enjoyed the video though She sounds like she is so lazy....

[@christieemes5043]

nexpo

[@VincentFischer]

Just turn off the TED podcast and go to work. Problem solved.

[@cyberneticbutterfly8506]

For this exact point in time true. Doesn't help with future issues.

[@moranguetebt4115]

vim pela femingos mais alguém?????

[@humbertovargas560]

Her voice is so monotone. 😑🙉🙉

[@egeres14]

Can adam grant just like... shut up for a minute ? I kinda hate how he interrupts margaret atwood to spill unnecessary clarirications and purposeless comments that do not aggregate to the knowledge she's offering. It feels like if you had been born with a conjoint brother that just happens to be "donkey" from shrek "Adam ruins everything" or Joe Rogan might be models to take some advice on how to host this better

[@g89ty41]

Imma stop here, already halfway watching this video, too long

[@DrINTJ]

Save your time and do not watch this lazy long and empty audio

[@user-wq4yc2ew4u]

It's a stupid idea!!

[@heartsfirstaidkit]

If I didn't watch this, I would have never fully realized the root of my procrastination. If this is a joke, I don't care if I get an 'r/whoosh', I'm just telling you.

[@Blacktolite]

why is this audio?? 2020 with 16 millions subscribers and you decided to upload a audio ? wtf TED?

[@jen..93]

Uhmmm, because COVID-19

[@Blacktolite]

@@jen..93 I think it's more than covid19 this is due to who owns what publications and copyright pathetic really because we need more info then competition

[@lerolerolerolerolero256]

How does it matter if the information is in audio, video or print?? It's still the same information. Maybe try listen to this when you're travelling or something.

[@elviscoso01]

Because it's a podcast.

[@majorgnu]

Look at the description and you'll have your answer.