How to Avoid Procrastination

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Stress or anxiety can be a trigger for people to procrastinate. They might feel guilty for going and eating food when they weren't hungry, looking up cute pictures of puppies on Instagram. So there's a habit loop around procrastination. What we can do is help people map out that habit loop by comparing what it feels like compared to being focused. It helps people shift from thatprocrastination habit into getting work done.

Dr. Jud Brewer discusses how anxiety leads us to form bad habits—and what we can do to make a change.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How anxiety takes over—and what we can do about it

2) Three steps to go from anxious to curious

3) How to put an end to bad habit loops for good

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— ABOUT DR. JUD —

Jud Brewer, MD PhD is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the science of self-mastery. He is the “executive medical director of behavioral health at Sharecare,”, the director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, and an associate professor at Brown’s Schools of Public Health and Medicine. He is the author of The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love, Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits.

• Dr. Jud’s book: The Craving Mind: From Cigarettes to Smartphones to Love – Why We Get Hooked and How We Can Break Bad Habits

• Dr. Jud’s website: DrJud.com

• Dr. Jud’s YouTube: DrJud

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