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Productivity Expert: How To Finally Stay Productive: Ali Abdaal

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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How to Overcome Procrastination

Procrastination is a problem with geting started. The key to overcoming procrastination is that little nodge at the start towards actually starting. To overcome procrastination, we need to eliminate external friction and environmental stuff. And then if we still need help, there are a few hacks. One i use all the time as the two minute rule - which is where i will genuinely convince myself i'm only goig to do it for two minutes. If you want to learn the guitar, then have the guitar by your sofa, rather than in the wardrobe where you're never going to see it. It's like those narratives that we tell ourselves: oh, the psychological discomfort of

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