Overcoming Procrastination (Coaching Session Breakdown)

The Art of Accomplishment

Brett Kistler

Management, Mental Health, Personal Development, Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 269 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

If you struggle with perfectionism, fear of success, or feeling like you have a "tyrant boss" inside your head, this breakdown reveals exactly how to shift that dynamic. In this episode, Joe and Brett analyze a rapid coaching session with a man who is a high-performer for others but frozen when it comes to his own business. They uncover how "stories" about perfectionism keep us stuck, and why trying to be a "good provider" can actually stop you from doing the work. As the man works with Joe to peel back the layers of what’s causing his procrastination, Brett and Joe dive deeper into the topic of procrastination, dissecting the root causes that cause us to freeze when we wish to act and paths forward for reframing both how to approach and to view procrastination. They discuss: - The idea of procrastinator as an identity - Self-judgement, perfectionism, and shame - The emotional roots of procrastination - How to dissolve stuckness - Practical ways to approach procrastination

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0:00.0	He's not procrastinating over 98% of his life.
0:03.0	He's procrastinating over one thing that he thinks is important.
0:05.6	Whatever it is that you're working on, take a moment to see is like, is this who you are?
0:10.2	Or is this just one actually kind of small percentage of your life?
0:14.1	Life is constantly showing you counter evidence to your story.
0:17.3	But when it does, we very quickly go, well, there needs to be another problem.
0:21.8	People have a story about how they're messed up. But the story about how they're messed up is the
0:28.1	problem. And this is so important if you're thinking about your procrastination.
0:35.2	Welcome to the art of accomplishment, where we explore living the life you want with enjoyment and ease.
0:40.0	I'm Brett Kistler, and this is Joe Hudson, coached to some of the top Silicon Valley executives.
0:44.4	Today we're doing a coaching breakdown.
0:46.6	Joe, could you tell us a little bit about what that means and what we're going to be doing?
0:50.3	Sure. Hey, Brett. Good to be with you, man.
0:52.4	Yeah, you too.
0:53.7	Yeah, as far as the coaching goes, the breakdown is meant to help you understand patterns of procrastination in yourself.
1:01.5	It is not meant to be a way to teach people how to coach.
1:06.2	The reason that that's the case and why I'm not going to go into a lot of the details of how I coach is because
1:12.1	coaching is best done from self awareness, from self-realization, from understanding yourself. It's not best done through technique.
1:22.6	And so the best way to become a great coach that actually allows you to be fulfilled and not hurt other people is to just deeply understand yourself.
1:31.8	And so even when we are teaching coaches, we're mostly just teaching people how to understand themselves to be with themselves.
1:40.4	So please don't take this as some sort of guide on how to coach.
1:44.0	It's just not a great way to go.
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