How to Overcome Procrastination with Tim Pychyl

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

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🗓️ 30 December 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, you will learn:
1. What is the connection between procrastination and health?
2. How can we use implementation intentions to deal with self regulation failure?
3. What is the importance of not wasting our lives with procrastination?

“It is in the getting on with life that makes our lives and that procrastination, in a very real sense, is an existential issue of not getting on with life itself.” - Tim Pychyl

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0:00.0	I want to give a big shout out to our newest Patreon members,
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0:27.9	go to oneufeed.net slash join. In case you're just recently joining us or however long you've been a
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0:44.2	that may be new to you, but if not, it's definitely worth another lesson. We hope you'll enjoy
0:49.0	this episode with Tim Cycle. It is in the getting on with life that makes our lives and that procrastination
0:56.8	in a very real sense is an existential issue of not getting on with life itself.
1:09.0	Welcome to the oneufeed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the
1:14.3	thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true,
1:21.2	and yet for many of us our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity,
1:27.2	self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that
1:33.9	hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking, our actions matter. It takes
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