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A clip from Tim Urban's TED Talk "Inside the mind of a master procrastinator" from TED2016
Tim Urban knows that procrastination doesn't make sense, but he's never been able to shake his habit of waiting until the last minute to get things done. In this hilarious and insightful talk, Urban takes us on a journey through YouTube binges, Wikipedia rabbit holes and bouts of staring out the window — and encourages us to think harder about what we're really procrastinating on, before we run out of time.
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Please invite Tim for another topic! He is so entertaining and educative!
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I should be working on a project that was due for submission 2 days ago, yet here I am.
Same I got some hw assignments that I gotta turn in
“The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.”
No, it’s called Mental Illness!
Me watching this while procastinating…
on the same boat man
This was my all time favorite.
Same
I have a big setback…my monkey isn’t scared of my panic monster…until its all too late.
EXACTLY
Usually the panic monster doesn’t show up until it’s late.
Literally me too.. it used to be scared but I think it’s seen the panic monster too many times and became desensitized to it…
Ted procrastinated to upload this short version and it took years.
I’ll share the video with my fellow procrastinators… tomorrow.
This guy wrote this speech the morning of the presentation, how do you know? He forgot to answer his own question
Exactly!
Which question?
The answer is “memento mori”. There’s always a deadline.
Ahh.. I hoped it’s a new talk by Tim Urban.
I opened the video but I procrastinated watching it … now I’ll watch it hopefully
i feel like the only things i have done in the five years since the last time this guy talked about this on ted was watch youtube
I needed to rewatch this anyway
I’ve watched it 2 times already now’s the third time. Just saying
this ted talk genuinely helps me a lot while i’m at college. Saw it for the first time in high school and it gave me such a great way to approach procrastination
The “long” version is “Inside the mind of a master procrastinator” and it’s 14 minutes long totally worth watching. Idk why did they release an even shorter version of this great talk. Go watch the original
@mulalo it seems that most people of the comment section have, but just in case.
@Asyhhh good to hear, unfortunately for me, I always end up procrastinating by watching this video
Maybe someone might think they’ve not got time for a 14-minute video.
I absolutely never do, but I’m not everyone.
@Chris F.S. good point, though taking some time to watch the whole thing´s worth it
The monkey (procrastinator) snikiest trick is when there is no deadline.