[[Notes]] - Topics: [[Productivity]], [[Procrastination]] - People: [[Jim Kwik]] - Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5iZQ_RwpBI --- ## Summary - [[Procrastination is the prioritization of perceived pain for perceived pleasure]]. - [[Procrastinate procrastination]]. [[Procrastination robs you of the life you desire and deserve]]. - Start somewhere. Start today. Start right now. - Break it down. [[Break down your behemoth goal into bite-sized tasks]]. - Forge tiny habits that allow you to systematically accomplish your tasks. - [[Be kind to yourself]]. [[It's not about perfect. It's about effort.]] [[It's not about getting it right. It's about not giving up.]] - Schedule it. Plan your tasks. - Follow the [[H3]] formula of allowing your ideas to flow from your head, to your heart, to your hands. - [[Emotion is the energy of motion]], the driver of [[Passion is momentum. Momentum is passion.|momentum]]. - [[Realize yourself with meaningful action]]. ## Notes - Procrastination is the practice of doing more pleasurable things in place of less pleasurable things. - Procrastination "robs you from the life you desire, and the life you really deserve." - "[[Procrastinate procrastination]]". [[Put off putting off for tomorrow to do the important things today]]. - **Start somewhere**. Everything must start somewhere. A novel starts at it's very first page, at it's very first paragraph, at it's very first word, and at it's very first letter. Before that, a novel starts at it's very first idea, and the urge to have that idea expressed. - By starting something you introduce a desire to finish it in some form - the desire to experience closure. - **Break it down**. Break down your behemoth goal into bite-sized tasks. - [[A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step]]. - Create for yourself a collection of [[Atomic habits|tiny habits]] - a system of actions that become instinct. Instinct to drive you towards the person you wish to someday be, and to the goals you wish to someday accomplish. - [[Be kind to yourself]]. [[Guilt neglects good]] we've achieved. - [[Kindness encourages commitment]]. - 'Tell yourself, "I'm human. This happens to the best of us"'. - "[[Be light with yourself]]". - **Schedule it**. Plan out your tasks. - "[[Common sense does not mean common practice]]." - **Come up with your why**. [[Know your why]]. Discover your purpose and allow it to drive you. - Follow the "success formula" of [[H3]] - It goes from your head, to your heart, to your hands. - "[[Emotion is the energy of motion]]". - Realize your ideas with meaningful action. ## Original ![[Hack yourself to end laziness-1.jpg]] ![[Hack yourself to end laziness-2.jpg]]