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Are you wasting your time right now? Procrastination is a problem that is suffered by most people. You have tons of tasks pending, but what you do is waste your time. This leads to a loss of your potential and stops you from becoming the best version of yourself. But do you what exactly is procrastination? Why do you suffer from it? How can you beat it? Watch this video to find out as Dhruv Rathee explains everything that you need to know about Procrastination and how to beat it.
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00:00Namaskar, friends.
00:01Everyone of us has to do something in life.
00:04If you are a student or are studying in a college,
00:06you have to do your assignment.
00:08Or if your exams are coming up,
00:10you will think to yourself,
00:11I will study well for this year's exams.
00:14I will top the exams.
00:15If you are looking for a job,
00:17you will think,
00:18I will prepare for the job.
00:20Then do it.
00:22We have been worried for two and a half years.
00:25He is also worried.
00:26We are also worried.
00:27Then do it.
00:28We all decide very quickly
00:30that we have to do this and that.
00:31But we don't do what we should do.
00:33There is a feeling from within
00:35that we don't want to do it today.
00:36Let's see this tomorrow.
00:38Right now,
00:39I pick up my phone and relax on Instagram.
00:42I scroll and watch a comedy video on YouTube.
00:45And by doing it tomorrow,
00:47we waste time today
00:48and it never comes tomorrow.
00:50There is a word in English about this.
00:52Procrastination.
00:53Why is it that humans always
00:55procrastinate about things?
00:57In today's video,
00:58let's try to understand this
01:00psychology of procrastination
01:01from a scientific perspective.
01:03And let's find out
01:04what is its actual solution.
01:06Today, we will talk about laziness.
01:09I have been lazy since childhood.
01:10My parents are trying to change me.
01:11But they are also lazy.
01:12Such a person has a strong desire to rest.
01:16Nothing will happen in the end.
01:17You will fail in your comfort zone.
01:19But I am doing what I had to do the day before yesterday.
01:21What goes on in the heads of procrastinators
01:23and why we are the way we are?
01:24Rich people don't sleep 8 hours a day.
01:26What will Shivji do?
01:28Shivji will eat and sleep.
01:33Friends, in this video,
01:34I will not give any motivational lecture.
01:36Because I believe
01:37motivation is a very short-lived thing.
01:39If you feel motivated by watching a video
01:42and start working on its strength,
01:44then you will do that work for the next few hours.
01:47At most, you will be motivated for 2-3 days.
01:50But after that,
01:51that motivation goes down
01:52and you stop working.
01:54We will use science here
01:56and go to the root cause of procrastination.
01:58Dr. Pierre Steele
02:00is one of the leading researchers in the world
02:02on the science of motivation and procrastination.
02:04He has been studying this science for more than 10 years.
02:07He says that
02:08procrastination is not a problem
02:10that can be seen only in today's world.
02:12It has been going on for centuries.
02:14Thousands of years ago,
02:15in 1400 BC,
02:17Egyptian hieroglyphs were found
02:20that talked about the same thing.
02:21There is an Egyptologist from the University of Toronto
02:23who translated it.
02:25My friend,
02:26stop avoiding work.
02:27Do your work
02:28so that we can go home happily.
02:30About 600 years after this time,
02:32in 800 BC,
02:33an old Greek poet
02:35also said a similar thing.
02:37Put your work off till tomorrow and the day after.
02:39For a sluggish worker does not fill his barn,
02:42nor one who puts off his work.
02:44Even in India,
02:45many centuries ago,
02:46Saint Kabir famously said,
02:48you remember,
02:49do it today,
02:50do it tomorrow,
02:51do it today,
02:52you will be able to do it in a moment,
02:53when will you be able to do it?
02:54It means that
02:55whatever you have to do tomorrow,
02:56do it today.
02:57And whatever you have to do today,
02:58do it now.
02:59Otherwise,
03:00life will end in a short time
03:01and then what will you do?
03:02In history,
03:03many poets and motivational speakers
03:05have told us this thing again and again.
03:07But our condition has actually
03:08worsened.
03:09According to Dr. Steele,
03:10in the last 40 years,
03:12300-400% growth has been seen
03:14in chronic procrastination.
03:16Today,
03:17half of the world's population
03:18postpones work.
03:20Frequently procrastinates.
03:22But why do we do this?
03:24We need to understand this in depth.
03:26Think about
03:27what things do you procrastinate about?
03:29When you have to prepare for an exam,
03:31or prepare for a job interview,
03:33then you procrastinate.
03:35But have you ever procrastinated
03:37while scrolling on Instagram?
03:39Or while watching a comedy video on YouTube?
03:41No.
03:42We procrastinate about an office project,
03:44about exercising,
03:46or about an emotional thing.
03:48We procrastinate about that.
04:01Basically,
04:02we procrastinate about a serious task.
04:05A task that requires a lot of effort.
04:08Physical, mental or emotional effort.
04:10We replace that task with something
04:12that is easy and fun
04:14to do.
04:16Like browsing social media
04:18or watching a movie.
04:20Deadlines play an important role here.
04:22If there is a deadline for our work,
04:24that we have to do it before this date,
04:27then we procrastinate
04:29right before that deadline.
04:31Let's say we have to make a presentation
04:33and submit it tomorrow.
04:34By morning, you'll feel
04:35that you don't want to do it now.
04:37Let me check Instagram and Twitter first.
04:39Let me check for just 5 minutes
04:41and then I'll start.
04:42As we know,
04:43how can 5 minutes turn into an hour?
04:45We don't even know.
04:46I talked about this in detail
04:48in the Social Media Addiction video.
04:50These websites have been designed
04:52so that you spend a little time on them
04:54and then you'll suck in
04:56and it will become a big time.
04:58But even after an hour,
04:59you'll start working
05:00and then you'll remember
05:01that you're hungry.
05:02Let me open the fridge
05:03and get some food.
05:04I'll get some energy
05:05and then I'll start studying.
05:07But after eating,
05:08you feel that it's important
05:09to set the mood here.
05:11To set the mood,
05:12I'll watch a comedy video
05:13on YouTube.
05:14And then another hour passes
05:16and you feel a little tired.
05:18You feel that it's getting late.
05:20Let me take a bath first
05:21and then I'll do it properly.
05:23Hours pass by
05:24and the day turns into night
05:26and then suddenly
05:27an alarm rings in your mind.
05:28That 12 hours are left.
05:30Now I have to do this.
05:31When it's time to sleep at night,
05:33you start making presentations
05:35and you stay up all night
05:37and do it till the last minute.
05:39Many studies have been done
05:40on college students.
05:41For example,
05:42the study of Alice and Knauss
05:44in 1977
05:45or the study of O'Brien
05:46in 2002.
05:47According to them,
05:48approximately 80-95%
05:51of college students
05:52procrastinate.
05:54But in college,
05:55we all get a deadline
05:56and we somehow
05:57work till the end.
05:59But what happens
06:00when we don't get
06:01any deadline?
06:02Then, friends,
06:03procrastination
06:04can go on infinitely.
06:06There is no end
06:07to procrastination.
06:08Wasting time in college
06:09meant that
06:10your marks are not that good.
06:12Maybe you didn't get
06:13a good job.
06:14It's not a big deal.
06:16But going ahead
06:17and procrastinating in life
06:18means
06:19that you will have
06:20heavy regrets.
06:21If your dream was
06:22to try filmmaking someday,
06:25to leave your job
06:26and become a filmmaker,
06:27but you can never
06:28do this arrangement.
06:29You never try.
06:31You must have heard
06:32many uncles and aunts
06:33saying this.
06:34We also used to think
06:35that we will do this,
06:37we will do that.
06:38But what to do?
06:39We didn't have
06:40any conditions.
06:41We also had
06:42big dreams.
06:43Often, these people
06:44blame the circumstances.
06:46But deep inside,
06:47they know that
06:48they never tried.
06:49This is a permanent
06:50wish-fulfilling feeling.
06:52Procrastinating in
06:53fitness and exercise
06:54means that
06:55you will gradually
06:56gain weight.
06:57It's not a big deal.
06:58If you start eating
06:59healthy food again,
07:00start exercising
07:01after a few months,
07:02after a few years,
07:03then you can
07:04lose weight again.
07:05But if you procrastinate
07:06for years,
07:07then one day
07:08you will suddenly
07:09realize that
07:10you have diabetes.
07:11Or you will
07:12realize that
07:13you need to
07:14put a stunt
07:15in your heart.
07:16Some people
07:17will not even get
07:18this chance.
07:19Immediately,
07:20some people
07:21will get a heart
07:22stroke and
07:23die.
07:24Apart from this,
07:25the consequences
07:26of procrastinating
07:27on emotional things
07:28are also terrible.
07:29Maybe your dream
07:30is that you
07:31tell your
07:32grandparents
07:33that one day
07:34you will
07:35die.
07:36But that day
07:37never comes.
07:38You keep
07:39procrastinating
07:40on this thing
07:41and one day
07:42you realize
07:43that it's gone.
07:44And the result
07:45is heavy regret.
07:46Regret for
07:47many things.
07:48The problem
07:49here is not
07:50just about
07:51lifetime regret
07:52but also
07:53stress,
07:54anxiety and
07:55depression.
07:56What you want
07:57to do
07:58and what you
07:59are doing,
08:00if there is
08:01a big gap
08:02then there will
08:03be a mental
08:04breakdown.
08:05He found out
08:06that due to
08:07procrastination,
08:08there is
08:09more stress,
08:10depression,
08:11anxiety,
08:12fatigue,
08:13all these things
08:14have an impact.
08:15Apart from this,
08:16another feeling
08:17that is often
08:18seen with
08:19procrastination
08:20is the feeling
08:21of guilt.
08:22The question
08:23here is that
08:24if we don't
08:25get happiness
08:26by avoiding
08:27work,
08:28then why
08:29do we
08:30avoid it?
08:31Scientists
08:32have told
08:33that
08:34a person
08:35feels so
08:36motivated
08:37to do a
08:38task,
08:39it depends
08:40on the
08:41expectation
08:42of that
08:43person
08:44about the
08:45result.
08:46The result
08:47that will
08:48come from
08:49doing that
08:50task,
08:51if the
08:52chances of
08:53getting it
08:54are less,
08:55then people
08:56will have
08:57less motivation
08:58to do that
08:59task.
09:00Let me explain
09:01with an example.
09:02Let's say
09:03you are
09:04a student
09:05and you
09:06want to
09:07get that
09:08first rank.
09:09Now,
09:10if you are
09:11a student
09:12who gets
09:13good marks
09:14in the
09:15class
09:16and you
09:17know that
09:18you are
09:19always in
09:20the top 10
09:21in the
09:22class,
09:23then you
09:24know that
09:25your chance
09:26of winning
09:27the prize
09:28money is
09:29very high.
09:30If this
09:31is the
09:32case,
09:33then your
09:34chance of
09:35winning the
09:36prize money
09:37is very
09:38low.
09:39So your
09:40motivation to
09:41study will
09:42also be
09:43less.
09:44So here
09:45there is a
09:46straightforward
09:47relation
09:48between
09:49your
09:50motivation
09:51and the
09:52expectancy
09:53of the
09:54result.
09:55Remember
09:56this.
09:57Now let's
09:58talk about
09:59the second
10:00need for
10:01affiliation.
10:02Affiliation
10:03means that
10:04you need
10:05social relationships.
10:06And the third
10:07need for power.
10:08And depending
10:09upon your
10:10personality,
10:11your strongest
10:12need
10:13depends on
10:14you.
10:15Now,
10:16if you are
10:17given a
10:18job that
10:19matches
10:20your psychological
10:21needs,
10:22then you
10:23will have
10:24more motivation
10:25to work.
10:26Let's
10:27understand this
10:28with an
10:29example.
10:30If
10:31you are
10:32given
10:33a job
10:34that
10:35matches
10:36your
10:37psychological
10:38needs,
10:39then
10:40you will
10:41have
10:42more motivation
10:43to work.
10:44So
10:45if you
10:46are given
10:47a job
10:48that
10:49matches
10:50your
10:51psychological
10:52needs,
10:53then you
10:54will
10:55have
10:56more
10:57motivation
10:58to work.
10:59If
11:00you
11:01are
11:02given
11:03a job
11:04that
11:05matches
11:06your
11:07psychological
11:08needs,
11:09then
11:10you
11:11will
11:12have
11:13more
11:14motivation
11:15to work.
11:16If
11:17you
11:18are given
11:19a job
11:20that
11:21matches
11:22your
11:23psychological
11:24needs,
11:25then
11:26you
11:27will
11:28have
11:29more
11:30motivation
11:31to work.
11:32If
11:33you
11:34are
11:35given
11:36a job
11:37that
11:38matches
11:39your
11:40psychological
11:41needs,
11:42then
11:43you
11:44will
11:45have
11:46more
11:47motivation
11:48to work.
11:49If
11:50you
11:51are
11:52given
11:53a job
11:54that
11:55matches
11:56your
11:57psychological
11:58needs,
11:59then
12:00you
12:01will
12:02have
12:03more
12:04motivation
12:05to work.
12:06If
12:07you
12:08are
12:09given
12:10a job
12:11that
12:12matches
12:13your
12:14psychological
12:15needs,
12:16then
12:17you
12:18will
12:19have
12:20more
12:21motivation
12:22to work.
12:23If
12:24you
12:25are
12:26given
12:27a job
12:28that
12:29matches
12:30your
12:31psychological
12:32needs,
12:33then
12:34you
12:35will
12:36have
12:37more
12:38motivation
12:39to work.
12:40If
12:41you
12:42are
12:43given
12:44a job
12:45that
12:46matches
12:47your
12:48psychological
12:49needs,
12:50then
12:51you
12:52will
12:53have
12:54more
12:55motivation
12:56to work.
12:57If
12:58you
12:59are
13:00given
13:01a job
13:02that
13:03matches
13:04your
13:05psychological
13:06needs,
13:07then
13:08you
13:09will
13:10have
13:11more
13:12motivation
13:13to work.
13:14If
13:15you
13:16are
13:17given
13:18a job
13:19that
13:20matches
13:21your
13:22psychological
13:23needs,
13:24then
13:25you
13:26will
13:27have
13:28more
13:29motivation
13:30to
13:31work.
13:32Now
13:33we come to
13:34the fourth
13:35and last
13:36theory
13:37which is
13:38Hyperbolic
13:39Discounting.
13:40This
13:41basically
13:42means
13:43the rewards
13:44we are
13:45getting
13:46immediately.
13:47We
13:48want to
13:49work
13:50more for
13:51them
14:22and
14:23we
14:24want
14:25to
14:26work
14:27more
14:28for
14:29them.
14:30So
14:31the
14:32motivation
14:33to work
14:34will
14:35come
14:36when
14:37your
14:38personal
14:39needs
14:40match
14:41the
14:42rewards
14:43of
14:44that
14:45work.
14:46When
14:47you
14:48have
14:49expectations
14:50that
14:51match
14:52your
14:53personal
14:54needs,
14:55then
14:56you
14:57will
14:58not
14:59procrastinate.
15:00This
15:01can also be
15:02represented
15:03in a
15:04mathematical
15:05formula.
15:06Motivation
15:07equals to
15:08expectancy
15:09multiplied by
15:10value
15:11divided by
15:121 plus
15:13impulsiveness
15:14multiplied by
15:15delay.
15:16Now
15:17if you
15:18want to
15:19overcome
15:20this
15:21problem,
15:22you
15:23can
15:24apply
15:25practical
15:26tips on
15:27time
15:28management,
15:29productivity,
15:30and
15:31happiness in
15:32life.
15:33I
15:34apply
15:35these
15:36practical
15:37tips in
15:38my
15:39life.
15:40You
15:41can
15:42apply
15:43these
15:44tips in
15:45your
15:46life.
15:47You
15:48can
15:49apply
15:50these
15:51tips in
15:52your
15:53life."
15:54Let's
15:55now
15:56hear
15:57the
15:58crucial
15:59question
16:00that
16:01we
16:02have to
16:03answer today.
16:04Do
16:05you
16:06believe
16:07that
16:08meditation
16:09and
16:17movies
16:18procrastination. And this factor is fear of failure. We are afraid of failing and that's why we procrastinate.
16:25He said this in 2012. Even if we forget all the other factors, some people are not motivated to do their work
16:33because they are afraid that they will fail in doing their work. That's why they stop doing it and start doing something else.
16:41Now what is the result of this, friends? What is the solution to procrastination? How can we not avoid work?
16:47The solution is in all these theories. And it's not that the new theories that are being told in the counter are against the old theories.
16:55Actually, there can be all these reasons behind procrastination. Sometimes it's low expectation, sometimes it's not matching our needs or sometimes it's fear of failure.
17:05Now the thing is, friends, if you understand all these causes and look inside yourself and recognize that when you procrastinate,
17:13when you avoid work, why do you avoid it? Then you can make a solution for yourself.
17:20So first of all, clear your mind. Take an empty paper and pen and talk to yourself. Ask yourself why are you procrastinating?
17:29Write it on the paper. When you write the cause, you will get the solution. Half the solution is already completed by recognizing the problem.
17:37If you are avoiding work in your job thinking that it's not a big deal, I'm not doing such a big job, so the motivation is not coming from inside,
17:45then remember this loss aversion. Tell yourself that if you don't do this job, you can be fired.
17:51And then think about what can happen to you if you become jobless.
17:55If you don't have motivation because you study and you know that you can't come to the top rank,
18:02then do something where you are confident that you can perform well in that field of study or you like this thing a lot,
18:10that's why you will get better results here.
18:13If you are preparing for a very big exam and the reward is very far from you, you will get the reward after a year or two,
18:20then what you do is divide that process into small steps. After every small step, give yourself a small reward.
18:28What will happen with this is that you will get an immediate reward.
18:31If you are afraid of taking a big decision in your life, you are afraid of what will happen if you fail,
18:36then remember that do you know what is worse than failure? Never even trying.
18:41We are afraid of failure because we have ego inside us. We are afraid that if we fail, what will other people say about us.
18:48I wanted to become a filmmaker, went to Mumbai, tried to become a filmmaker but couldn't.
18:53What will my friends say? I went to Mumbai to become a filmmaker, did I become one?
18:58I told you earlier not to do stupid things like quitting your job, but you didn't listen to me.
19:02Many people are afraid of such statements.
19:05For this, it is important to understand that our ego is the most useless thing in life.
19:09If we keep living in this fear that what will other people say about us,
19:13if we keep living based on other people's expectations, then we will regret a lot later.
19:18Earlier in the video, I talked about regrets that what regrets people have when they grow old.
19:24You will have to face this too. Remember that.
19:27Gilovich and Medved made a Temporal Theory of Regret in 1995.
19:32According to this theory, actions may produce greater regret in the short term,
19:37but inaction will generate more regret in the long run.
19:40If you do something today, it is possible that you do something because of which you have to suffer a lot of regrets in the short term.
19:47But not doing anything will give you more regret in the long term.
19:50If you leave your job and run after your dream and fail,
19:54then you will have less regret as compared to if you never leave your job and never try.
20:00After all these things, the last thing left between you and procrastination is distractions.
20:06Social media, your phone.
20:08This is the last thing I am talking about.
20:10Because if all the other motivations that I have told you are clear,
20:16then you may get distracted by distractions.
20:20But still, if you get distracted by things like social media, then go and watch this video.
20:25In which I have talked about how to save yourself from social media addiction scientifically.
20:29Thank you very much.
20:40Thank you very much.
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