John AssarafBehavioral Neuroscience Researcher and Goal Achieving Expert. High Performance Consultant/Coach

Procrastination is NOT the Problem

Name: Procrastination is NOT the Problem
Uploaded: 2023-08-20T00:00:11+00:00
Duration: 39 s
Channel: John Assaraf
Description: John Assaraf says procrastination isn't the real problem. It's a symptom of unclear goals, a weak reason to act, or fears that make your brain hit the…

20 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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John Assaraf says procrastination isn't the real problem. It's a symptom of unclear goals, a weak reason to act, or fears that make your brain hit the brakes. Fix the clarity and your "big why" first.

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So in the absence of clarity and in the absence of having our big why we must achieve it, our fears, our limiting beliefs or our self image disconnects will usually trigger the stop or the brakes on our brain and we'll procrastinate self sabotage. Then we think that something else is going to give us the dopamine release the feel good neurochemical. So procrastination is not the problem, Self sabotage is not the problem. What you have to do is fix the problem that's causing the self sabotage and the starting and stopping.