The Hidden Cause of Procrastination and How to Finally Move Forward with Taylor Jacobson

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

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

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Taylor Jacobson discusses the hidden cause of procrastination and how to finally move forward in your life. He explores how transformation rarely feels graceful, how repressed emotions shape our behavior, and what it takes to live a life true to your inner compass. It’s a vulnerable, grounded conversation about fear, reinvention, and creating space for what you actually want to give to the world.

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Key Takeaways:

Importance of experiencing and releasing emotions for personal growth
The concept of safety in productivity and its impact on focus
Overview of Focusmate as a solution for procrastination and accountability
The role of community support in overcoming distractions and enhancing productivity
The significance of vulnerability in seeking help and building connections
The principles of behavior change, including commitment and accountability
The relationship between emotional well-being and productivity
The challenges of transformation and the necessity of aligning with one’s true self
The exploration of intuition and discernment in navigating emotions and decision-making

If you enjoyed this conversation with Taylor Jacobson, check out these other episodes:

How to Overcome Procrastination with Tim Pychyl

David Kadavy on Getting Started

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0:00.0	We don't want to be walking around, you know, getting pissed at every driver on the road.
0:04.2	That's a really unpleasant way to live.
0:05.7	So the antidote to that is like learning how to really fully feel and release the depth of those emotions.
0:20.4	Welcome to the one you feed.
0:22.6	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have.
0:27.6	Quotes like, garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:32.6	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:36.6	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:41.9	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:44.7	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:48.1	But it's not just about thinking.
0:50.2	Our actions matter.
0:51.7	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:56.5	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction, how they feed their good wolf.
1:05.2	What happens when the thing you built no longer feels like it's yours?
1:10.4	For Taylor Jacobson, founder of FocusMate, the answer wasn't to push harder.
1:15.7	It was to pause, reflect, and begin again.
1:19.3	In this conversation, we talk about why transformation rarely feels graceful,
1:24.5	how repressed emotions shape our behavior,
1:27.3	and what it takes to live a life true
1:29.6	to your inner compass.
1:31.3	It's a vulnerable, grounded conversation about fear, reinvention, and creating space for what
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