#video <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yBP1VjO9RSE" class="resize-both" style="height: 367px; width: 653px;"></iframe> ## Info - Source: [[YouTube]] - URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBP1VjO9RSE - Creator: [[Ali Abdaal]] - Rating: 10/10 ## Key Takeaway Procrastination can be overcome by understanding and exploiting the psychology behind it. ## Summary 1. The psychology of procrastination is the present bias, where setting goals for the future is easy, but performing tasks now is hard. 2. Procrastination can be overcome with momentum, because most resistance is at the start of a task. Once the initial resistance is overcome, momentum carries the rest. 3. Psychological tricks: - [[The Motivation Myth|the myth of motivation]]: Don't think in terms of "motivation". Instead, think in terms of "discipline" or "habit". - [[the two-minute rule]]: If a task can be done in 2 minutes, then just do it right away. - [[the five-minute rule]]: Tell yourself that you only need to do the task for 5 minutes, which overcomes the initial resistance. ## Notes - Present bias: I can set whatever goals for my future self, but it is my present self that needs to do the tasks. - Procrastination is about the immediate urgency of managing negative moods. - Steven Pressfield - The War of Art - Momentum: Most resistance is in the act of starting. Once that line is crossed, the task becomes much easier because of momentum.