3015: The Art of Looking Like a Fool by David Cain of Raptitude on Procrastination

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🗓️ 22 December 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3015: David Cain's "The Art of Looking Like a Fool" delves into the all-too-familiar territory of procrastination, highlighting the absurd lengths we go to avoid seemingly small tasks. He shares a personal anecdote to illustrate how embracing one's imperfections can lead to unexpected liberation and ease in dealing with overdue responsibilities. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.raptitude.com/2016/06/the-art-of-looking-like-a-fool/ Quotes to ponder: "Admitting and embracing personal incompetence is a lot easier when you first recognize and embrace the incompetence of our species in general." "Nobody's a grownup at everything." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.7	This is optimal living daily episode 3015 The Art of Looking Like a Fool by David Kane of raptitude.com and I'm Justin Molick.
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1:16.6	The Art of Looking Like a Fool
1:19.2	by David Kane of raptitude.com. You've probably experienced a phenomenon we could call the
1:26.0	spiral of delay. You put off an obligation repeatedly until it seems so stupid
1:32.4	that you haven't done it yet that the thought of
1:35.0	doing it becomes almost humiliating so you delay a little longer. You can't always
1:41.4	know what costs you'll face in embarrassment and penalties to say
1:45.8	renew your tenant insurance 11 weeks late, but we all know that those costs can only
1:51.2	get larger when you make it into 16 weeks or six months.
1:56.4	Yet so often we procrastinate anyway for a very predictably worse outcome.
2:03.0	I suppose some of you do everything more or less on time and don't know what I'm talking
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