TED演讲拖延症讲解

TED演讲拖延症PPTTED演讲拖延症讲解第1页Incollege,

Iwasagovernmentmajor,

whichmeansIhadtowritealotofpapers.

Now,whenanormalstudentwritesapaper,

theymightspreadtheworkoutalittlelikethis.

TED演讲拖延症讲解第2页AndIwouldwanttodothatlikethat.

Thatwouldbetheplan.

Iwouldhaveitallreadytogo,

butthen,

actually,thepaperwouldcomealong,

andthenIwouldkindofdothis.Andthatwouldhappeneverysinglepaper.Butthencamemy90seniorthesis,

apaperyou'resupposedtospendayearon.

AndIknewforapaperlikethat,mynormalworkflowwasnotanoption.

Itwaswaytoobigaproject.

TED演讲拖延症讲解第3页SoIplannedthingsout,

andIdecidedIkindofhadtogosomethinglikethis.

Thisishowtheyearwouldgo.

Butthen,thefunniestthinghappened.

Thosefirstfewmonths?

Theycameandwent,

andIcouldn'tquitedostuff.

TED演讲拖延症讲解第4页Sowehadanawesomenewrevisedplan.Butthenthosemiddlemonthsactuallywentby,

andIdidn'treallywritewords,TED演讲拖延症讲解第5页

andsowewerehere.TED演讲拖延症讲解第6页Andthentwomonthsturnedintoonemonth,

whichturnedintotwoweeks.

AndonedayIwokeup

withthreedaysuntilthedeadline,

TED演讲拖延症讲解第7页stillnothavingwrittenaword,

andsoIdidtheonlythingIcould:

Iwrote90pagesover72hours,

pullingnotonebuttwoall-nighters--

gotitinjustatthedeadline.

TED演讲拖延症讲解第8页Anyway,todayI'mawriter-bloggerguy.Andacoupleofyearsago,Idecidedtowriteaboutprocrastination.

Now,Ihadahypothesisthatthebrainsofprocrastinatorswereactuallydifferent

thanthebrainsofotherpeople.

Iactuallybroughtthemheretoshowyoutoday.TED演讲拖延症讲解第9页Sohere'sthebrainofanon-procrastinatorTED演讲拖延症讲解第10页Now...

here'smybrain.Thereisadifference.

BothbrainshaveaRationalDecision-Makerinthem,

buttheprocrastinator'sbrain

alsohasanInstantGratificationMonkey.

Now,whatdoesthismeanfortheprocrastinator?

TED演讲拖延症讲解第11页Well,itmeanseverything'sfineuntilthishappens.SotheRationalDecision-Makerwillmaketherationaldecision

todosomethingproductive,

buttheMonkeydoesn'tlikethatplan,

soheactuallytakesthewheel,Thenwe'regoingtogoovertothefridge,

toseeifthere'sanythingnewintheresince10minutesago.Afterthat,

we'regoingtogoonaYouTubespiral

thatstartswithvideosofRichardFeynmantalkingaboutmagnets

andendsmuch,muchlaterwithuswatchinginterviews

withJustinBieber'smom.TED演讲拖延症讲解第12页"Allofthat'sgoingtotakeawhile,

sowe'renotgoingtoreallyhaveroomonthescheduleforanyworktoday.

Now,whatisgoingonhere?

TheInstantGratificationMonkeydoesnotseemlikeaguy

youwantbehindthewheel.

Helivesentirelyinthepresentmoment.

Hehasnomemoryofthepast,noknowledgeofthefuture,

TED演讲拖延症讲解第13页andheonlycaresabouttwothings:

easyandfun.Now,intheanimalworld,thatworksfine.AndtotheMonkey,

humansarejustanotheranimalspecies.

Youhavetokeepwell-slept,well-fedandpropagatingintothenextgeneration,

whichintribaltimesmighthaveworkedOK.

But,ifyouhaven'tnoticed,nowwe'renotintribaltimes.

We'reinanadvancedcivilization,andtheMonkeydoesnotknowwhatthatis.

Whichiswhywehaveanotherguyinourbrain,

theRationalDecision-Maker,

whogivesustheabilitytodothingsnootheranimalcando.

Wecanmakelong-termplans.

Andhewantstotakeallofthatintoaccount.TED演讲拖延症讲解第14页

Andhewantstojusthaveusdo

whatevermakessensetobedoingrightnow.

Now,sometimesitmakessense

tobedoingthingsthatareeasyandfun,

likewhenyou'rehavingdinnerorgoingtobed

orenjoyingwell-earnedleisuretime.

That'swhythere'sanoverlap.

TED演讲拖延症讲解第15页Sometimestheyagree.

Butothertimes,itmakesmuchmoresensetobedoingthingsthatareharderandlesspleasant,

forthesakeofthebigpicture.

Andthat'swhenwehaveaconflict.

Andfortheprocrastinator,

thatconflicttendstoendacertainwayeverytime,

TED演讲拖延症讲解第16页

leavinghimspendingalotoftimeinthisorangezone,

aneasyandfunplacethat'sentirelyoutoftheMakesSensecircle.

TED演讲拖延症讲解第17页IcallittheDarkPlayground.Now,theDarkPlaygroundisaplace

thatallofyouprocrastinatorsoutthereknowverywell.

TED演讲拖延症讲解第18页It'swhereleisureactivitieshappen

attimeswhenleisureactivitiesarenotsupposedtobehappening.

ThefunyouhaveintheDarkPlayground

isn'tactuallyfun,becauseit'scompletelyunearned,

andtheairisfilledwithguilt,dread,anxiety,self-hatred--

allofthosegoodprocrastinatorfeelings.

Andthequestionis,inthissituation,withtheMonkeybehindthewheel,

TED演讲拖延症讲解第19页howdoestheprocrastinatorevergethimselfoverheretothisbluezone,

alesspleasantplace,butwherereallyimportantthingshappen?Well,turnsouttheprocrastinatorhasaguardianangel,

someonewho'salwayslookingdownonhimandwatchingoverhim

inhisdarkestmomentsTED演讲拖延症讲解第20页someonecalledthePanicMonster.Now,thePanicMonsterisdormantmostofthetime,

buthesuddenlywakesupanytimeadeadlinegetstooclose

orthere'sdangerofpublicembarrassment,

acareerdisasterorsomeotherscaryconsequence.

Andimportantly,he'stheonlythingtheMonkeyisterrifiedof.

Now,hebecameveryrelevantinmylifeprettyrecently,

becausethepeopleofTEDreachedouttomeaboutsixmonthsagoandinvitedmetodoaTEDTalk.TED演讲拖延症讲解第21页Now,ofcourse,Isaidyes.

It'salwaysbeenadreamofminetohavedoneaTEDTalkinthepast.Sothat'swhatwedidthatday.Assixmonthsturnedintofourandthentwoandthenone,

thepeopleofTEDdecidedtoreleasethespeakers.

AndIopenedupthewebsite,andtherewasmyface

staringrightbackatme.TED演讲拖延症讲解第22页Andguesswhowokeup?SothePanicMonsterstartslosinghismind,TED演讲拖延症讲解第23页andafewsecondslater,thewholesystem'sinmayhemTED演讲拖延症讲解第24页AndtheMonkey--remember,he'sterrifiedofthePanicMonster--

boom,he'supthetree!

Andfinally,finally,theRationalDecision-Makercantakethewheel

andIcanstartworkingonthetalk.Andthisentiresituation,withthethreecharacters--

thisistheprocrastinator'ssystem.

It'snotpretty,butintheend,itworks.

ThisiswhatIdecidedtowriteaboutontheblogacoupleofyearsago.WhenIdid,Iwasamazedbytheresponse.

Literallythousandsofemailscamein,

fromalldifferentkindsofpeoplefromallovertheworld,

doingalldifferentkindsofthings.TED演讲拖延症讲解第25页

Thesearepeoplewhowerenurses,bankers,painters,engineers

andlotsandlotsofPhDstudents.Andtheywereallwriting,sayingthesamething:

"Ihavethisproblemtoo."

Butwhatstruckmewasthecontrastbetweenthelighttoneofthepost

andtheheavinessoftheseemails.

Thesepeoplewerewritingwithintensefrustration

aboutwhatprocrastinationhaddonetotheirlives,

aboutwhatthisMonkeyhaddonetothem.

AndIthoughtaboutthis,andIsaid,

well,iftheprocrastinator'ssystemworks,thenwhat'sgoingon?

Whyareallofthesepeopleinsuchadarkplace?Well,itturnsoutthatthere'stwokindsofprocrastination.

EverythingI'vetalkedabouttoday,theexamplesI'vegiven,

theyallhavedeadlines.

TED演讲拖延症讲解第26页Andwhenthere'sdeadlines,

theeffectsofprocrastinationarecontainedtotheshortterm

becausethePanicMonstergetsinvolved.

Butthere'sasecondkindofprocrastination

thathappensinsituationswhenthereisnodeadline.

Soifyouwantedacareerwhereyou'reaself-starter--

somethinginthearts,somethingentrepreneurial--

there'snodeadlinesonthosethingsatfirst,becausenothing'shappening,

notuntilyou'vegoneoutanddonethehardwork

togetmomentum,getthingsgoing.

Nowiftheprocrastinator'sonlymechanismofdoingthesehardthings

isthePanicMonster,that'saproblem,

becauseinallofthesenon-deadlinesituations,

thePanicMonsterdoesn'tshowup.

Hehasnothingtowakeupfor,

sotheeffectsofprocrastination,they'renotcontained;

theyjustextendoutwardforever.

TED演讲拖延症讲解第27页

Andit'sthislong-termkindofprocrastination

that'smuchlessvisibleandmuchlesstalkedabout

thanthefunnier,short-termdeadline-basedkind.

It'susuallysufferedquietlyandprivately.

Anditcanbethesource

ofahugeamountoflong-termunhappiness,andregrets.

AndIthought,that'swhythosepeopleareemailing,

andthat'swhythey'reinsuchabadplace.

It'snotthatthey'recrammingforsomeproject.

It'sthatlong-termprocrastinationhasmadethemfeellikeaspectator,

attimes,intheirownlives.

Thefrustrationisnotthattheycouldn'tachievetheirdreams;

it'sthattheyweren'tevenabletostartchasingthem.SoIreadtheseemailsandIhadalittl