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The Real Reason You Procrastinate

WorkLife with Adam Grant

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The Want Self Is Smarter Than the Want Self

In the moment, the want self is often stronger. It's drawn to whatever avoids pain or brings pleasure in the short run. You can outwit the want self by planning a head this is a second strategy for beating procrastination that science teaches us. Your shood self puts the alarm clock across the room at night so your want self can't reach this news button in the morning. Or maybe your shood self announces to the world that you're signing off social media,. which is what peggy does for margaret who loves twitter and sometimes posts random stons that pop up.

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