The Science of Procrastination with Piers Steel
Minds and Mics
English - June 28, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBSelf-Improvement Education Health & Fitness Mental Health psychology mental health self-improvement personal growth life hacks habits goals mindset Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Piers Steel, one of the world's leading researchers on the science of procrastination, explains how to think about procrastination, what really causes it, and the changes we can make to do it a little less.
Show Notes
Meta-analysisDavid Hume, An Inquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingThe four factors in procrastination:ValuesSelf-confidenceImpulsivenessReward delayTask aversivenessSubjective Expected Utility TheoryThe Procrastination EquationThe Marshmallow TestSteven CoveyAldus Huxely, Brave New World RevisitedRoy Baumeister and willpower researchPresatiationDrive TheoryLearned HelplessnessSMART GoalsThe Attention EconomyProcrastination vs LazinessHow to help kids with procrastination
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