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260 - The Science of Stuck - Britt Frank (rebroadcast)

You Are Not So Smart

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The Dangers of Procrastination

Procrastination is a fear response for whatever reason conscious unconscious logic illogical your brain thinks if you do the thing something bad will happen. We procrastinate not because we're sabotaging ourselves but it's a suboptimal effort itself protection from a variety of things. I ask people like a good therapy assignment tell yourself at the end of the day to write down what are 10 lies that you told either to yourself or to other people and it's not a shame thing It's not like going on as a terrible person it's like you can only be dishonestYou can only be fully honest so many days in a row So let's just start with what's true I don't want

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