Episode 02: MLK & Procrastination
Procrastination can cost you your job and your grades. But with our help, and a little help from science, we can show you how to beat procrastination...or utilize it as a secret weapon.
Show Notes:
Being a chronic procrastinator is like being bad at math. If you know it’s an issue, you tell yourself it’s just part of your personality, and you accept it. But today that all changes!
In this episode we expose the fundamental truth behind procrastination, and we explain how your brain goes to war with itself whenever you’re faced with a boring task. We also dig into Martin Luther King Jr’s speech to discuss the potential benefits of procrastination. And we offer you scientifically proven techniques to beat procrastination, fool your brain into enjoying tedious tasks, or even turn procrastination into a secret weapon.
How much of MLK’s famous speech was improvised? And how can you procrastinate your way into greatness? Listen to this episode to find out!
History Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ5sm7sWBOk
Science Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink:_The_Power_of_Thinking_Without_Thinking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_paralysis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxKhzgab2jw
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/why-wait-the-science-behind-procrastination