When you're trying to be productive, you're doing something that is making you less productive and more prone to procrastination.
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My approach to work and productivity has changed a lot over recent years. What I've found is that there is a way to try less hard, to be less stressed, to feel less pressure and as a result, get more done, much more easily.
As I've explored this, I found something really surprising: when we procrastinate, we are not actually trying to avoid the difficulty of the task in front of us. The discomfort and suffering we're trying to avoid is actually entirely self-inflicted. But you have to pay really close attention to notice this.
So today, let's look at how you can discover this in yourself and how you can stop self sabotaging in this particular way.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:41 Higher Ice Cream Probability
01:41 Trying Hard to Fall Asleep
02:26 Why Trying to Work Hard Doesn't Work
04:03 What You're Really Avoiding
04:55 Is Hard Work Actually Hard?
05:54 What this Means About Procrastination
07:36 Lack of Clarity
09:12 Putting it Into Practice
11:05 Where Does All This Tension Come From?
11:51 How to Unclench
13:32 My Best Performance Comes When I Try Less
15:02 What to Do Next
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