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Moment 2 - Nir Eyal On How To Stop Procrastinating

Episode 2021-04-222021-04-22EnglishMembers only

Guests: Nir Eyal

Moment 2 - Nir Eyal On How To Stop Procrastinating
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§01The problem begins with relief, not a lack of worthy intentions

The host lists ordinary intentions he struggles to fulfil, from calling his mother and taking out rubbish to exercising and eating well. Nir Eyal frames the gap between intention and action as a problem of impulse control and the search for easy psychological relief. He explicitly rejects the idea that procrastination means a person is bad or broken.

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