Inside the mind of a master procrastinator | Tim Urban
Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk,...
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So in college,I was a government major,which means I had to write a lot of papers.Now, when a normal student writes a paper,they might spread the work out a little like this.So, you know --(Laughter)you get started maybe a little slowly,but you get enough done in the first weekthat, with some heavier days later on,everything gets done, things stay civil.(Laughter)And I would want to do that like that.That would be the plan.I would have it all ready to go,but then, actually, the paper would come along,and then I would kind of do this.(Laughter)And that would happen every single paper.But then came my 90-page senior thesis,a paper you're supposed to spend a year on.And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option.It was way too big a proj...
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So in college,I was a government major,which means I had to write a lot of papers.Now, when a normal student writes a paper,they might spread the work out a little like this.So, you know --(Laughter)you get started maybe a little slowly,but you get enough done in the first weekthat, with some heavier days later on,everything gets done, things stay civil.(Laughter)And I would want to do that like that.That would be the plan.I would have it all ready to go,but then, actually, the paper would come along,and then I would kind of do this.(Laughter)And that would happen every single paper.But then came my 90-page senior thesis,a paper you're supposed to spend a year on.And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option.It was way too big a proj...
