The Science of Procrastination with Piers Steel

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-analysis David Hume, An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding The four factors in procrastination: Values Self-confidence Impulsiveness Reward delay Task aversiveness Subjective Expected Utility Theory The Procrastination Equation The Marshmallow Test Steven Covey Aldus Huxely, Brave New World Revisited Roy Baumeister and willpower research Presatiation Drive Theory Learned Helplessness SMART Goals The Attention Economy Procrastination vs Laziness How to help kids with procrastination You can learn more about Piers and his work here: Procrastinus (Website) The Procrastination Equation (Book) Get the latest MindsaMics episodes as soon as they're releasedIf you enjoyed this episode of MindsaMics and want to get notified whenever new episodes are released, you can join Nick's free weekly newsletter here →

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