Something You Should Know

Why You Put Things Off & The Myth of Criminal Profiling

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Jun 11, 2026
Rachel Corbett, investigative writer who probes the history and limits of criminal profiling. Jon Acuff, bestselling author on productivity and beating procrastination. They unpack why profiling became mythic and where it actually helps. They also explore what drives us to delay, simple trials to test goals, and small tactics to get unstuck.
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ADVICE

Target A Few High Impact Procrastination Points

  • Identify two or three personal sticking points rather than labeling yourself a chronic procrastinator.
  • Acuff notes most people have a few goals they delay; address them specifically to regain years lost to small postponements.
ADVICE

Use Posttask Relief As Motivation Next Time

  • Remember and reuse the positive relief you felt after completing a procrastinated task to motivate future action.
  • Acuff points out negativity bias makes us forget that relief, so recall last year's good feeling to act earlier next time.
ANECDOTE

How Blogging Forced New Discipline

  • Jon Acuff used blogging success to become disciplined: desire to write made him get up earlier and drop TV.
  • He realized new motivating outcomes produced sustainable habit change in his 30s with two kids at home.
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