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Ep. 226: The Productivity Dragon

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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What Are You Suffering From With Deep Procrastination?

Next question is from Mucil, a 21 year old student. He says he just doesn't want to study for his academic stuff anymore. I think you're suffering from what I used to call in my newsletter and blog, deep procrastination. Lack of intrinsic motivation plus difficulty can create this disorder in the motivational system where you actually lose the ability to do work.

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