TED演讲拖延症课件

ProcrastinationTEDTimUrbanProcrastinationTED1Incollege,

Iwasagovernmentmajor,

whichmeansIhadtowritealotofpapers.

Now,whenanormalstudentwritesapaper,

theymightspreadtheworkoutalittlelikethis.

Incollege,

Iwasagovern2AndIwouldwanttodothatlikethat.

Thatwouldbetheplan.

Iwouldhaveitallreadytogo,

butthen,

actually,thepaperwouldcomealong,

andthenIwouldkindofdothis.Andthatwouldhappeneverysinglepaper.Butthencamemy90seniorthesis,

apaperyou'resupposedtospendayearon.

AndIknewforapaperlikethat,mynormalworkflowwasnotanoption.

Itwaswaytoobigaproject.

AndIwouldwanttodotha3SoIplannedthingsout,

andIdecidedIkindofhadtogosomethinglikethis.

Thisishowtheyearwouldgo.

Butthen,thefunniestthinghappened.

Thosefirstfewmonths?

Theycameandwent,

andIcouldn'tquitedostuff.

SoIplannedthingsout,

4Sowehadanawesomenewrevisedplan.Butthenthosemiddlemonthsactuallywentby,

andIdidn'treallywritewords,Sowehadanawesomenewr5

andsowewerehere.

andsowewerehere.6Andthentwomonthsturnedintoonemonth,

whichturnedintotwoweeks.

AndonedayIwokeup

withthreedaysuntilthedeadline,

Andthentwomonthsturned7stillnothavingwrittenaword,

andsoIdidtheonlythingIcould:

Iwrote90pagesover72hours,

pullingnotonebuttwoall-nighters--

gotitinjustatthedeadline.

stillnothavingwrittenawor8Anyway,todayI'mawriter-bloggerguy.Andacoupleofyearsago,Idecidedtowriteaboutprocrastination.

Now,Ihadahypothesisthatthebrainsofprocrastinatorswereactuallydifferent

thanthebrainsofotherpeople.

Iactuallybroughtthemheretoshowyoutoday.Anyway,todayI'mawr9Sohere'sthebrainofanon-procrastinatorSohere'sthebrainofanon-p10Now...

here'smybrain.Thereisadifference.

BothbrainshaveaRationalDecision-Makerinthem,

buttheprocrastinator'sbrain

alsohasanInstantGratificationMonkey.

Now,whatdoesthismeanfortheprocrastinator?

Now...

here'smybrain.The11Well,itmeanseverything'sfineuntilthishappens.SotheRationalDecision-Makerwillmaketherationaldecision

todosomethingproductive,

buttheMonkeydoesn'tlikethatplan,

soheactuallytakesthewheel,Thenwe'regoingtogoovertothefridge,

toseeifthere'sanythingnewintheresince10minutesago.Afterthat,

we'regoingtogoonaYouTubespiral

thatstartswithvideosofRichardFeynmantalkingaboutmagnets

andendsmuch,muchlaterwithuswatchinginterviews

withJustinBieber'smom.Well,itmeanseverything's12"Allofthat'sgoingtotakeawhile,

sowe'renotgoingtoreallyhaveroomonthescheduleforanyworktoday.

Now,whatisgoingonhere?

TheInstantGratificationMonkeydoesnotseemlikeaguy

youwantbehindthewheel.

Helivesentirelyinthepresentmoment.

Hehasnomemoryofthepast,noknowledgeofthefuture,

"Allofthat'sgoingtotakea13andheonlycaresabouttwothings:

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.andheonlycaresabouttwoth14

Andhewantstojusthaveusdo

whatevermakessensetobedoingrightnow.

Now,sometimesitmakessense

tobedoingthingsthatareeasyandfun,

likewhenyou'rehavingdinnerorgoingtobed

orenjoyingwell-earnedleisuretime.

That'swhythere'sanoverlap.

Andhewantstojusthaveus15Sometimestheyagree.

Butothertimes,itmakesmuchmoresensetobedoingthingsthatareharderandlesspleasant,

forthesakeofthebigpicture.

Andthat'swhenwehaveaconflict.

Andfortheprocrastinator,

thatconflicttendstoendacertainwayeverytime,

Sometimestheyagree.

Butothe16

leavinghimspendingalotoftimeinthisorangezone,

aneasyandfunplacethat'sentirelyoutoftheMakesSensecircle.

leavinghimspendingalotof17IcallittheDarkPlayground.Now,theDarkPlaygroundisaplace

thatallofyouprocrastinatorsoutthereknowverywell.

IcallittheDarkPlayground.18It'swhereleisureactivitieshappen

attimeswhenleisureactivitiesarenotsupposedtobehappening.

ThefunyouhaveintheDarkPlayground

isn'tactuallyfun,becauseit'scompletelyunearned,

andtheairisfilledwithguilt,dread,anxiety,self-hatred--

allofthosegoodprocrastinatorfeelings.

Andthequestionis,inthissituation,withtheMonkeybehindthewheel,

It'swhereleisureactivit19howdoestheprocrastinatorevergethimselfoverheretothisbluezone,

alesspleasantplace,butwherereallyimportantthingshappen?Well,turnsouttheprocrastinatorhasaguardianangel,

someonewho'salwayslookingdownonhimandwatchingoverhim

inhisdarkestmomentshowdoestheprocrastinatorev20someonecalledthePanicMonster.Now,thePanicMonsterisdormantmostofthetime,

buthesuddenlywakesupanytimeadeadlinegetstooclose

orthere'sdangerofpublicembarrassment,

acareerdisasterorsomeotherscaryconsequence.

Andimportantly,he'stheonlythingtheMonkeyisterrifiedof.

Now,hebecameveryrelevantinmylifeprettyrecently,

becausethepeopleofTEDreachedouttomeaboutsixmonthsagoandinvitedmetodoaTEDTalk.someonecalledthePanicMonst21Now,ofcourse,Isaidyes.

It'salwaysbeenadreamofminetohavedoneaTEDTalkinthepast.Sothat'swhatwedidthatday.Assixmonthsturnedintofourandthentwoandthenone,

thepeopleofTEDdecidedtoreleasethespeakers.

AndIopenedupthewebsite,andtherewasmyface

staringrightbackatme.Now,ofcourse,Isaidyes.

It22Andguesswhowokeup?SothePanicMonsterstartslosinghismind,Andguesswhowokeup?23andafewsecondslater,thewholesystem'sinmayhemandafewsecondslater,thew24AndtheMonkey--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.AndtheMonkey--remember,25

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.

Thesearepeoplewhowerenur26Andwhenthere'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.

Andwhenthere'sdeadlines,27

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.SoIreadtheseemailsandIhadalittlebitofanepiphany--

thatIdon'tthinknon-procrastinatorsexist.That'sright--Ithinkallofyouareprocrastinators.

Now,youmightnotallbeamess,

likesomeofus,andsomeofyoumayhaveahealthyrelationshipwithdeadlines,

butremember:theMonkey'ssneakiesttrick

iswhenthedeadlinesaren'tthere.

Andit'sthislong-termkind28Now,Iwanttoshowyouonelastthing.

IcallthisaLifeCalendar.

That'soneboxforeveryweekofa90-yearlife.

That'snotthatmanyboxes,

especiallysincewe'vealreadyusedabunchofthose.

SoIthinkweneedtoalltakealong,hardlookatthatcalendar.

Weneedtothinkaboutwhatwe'rereallyprocrastinatingon,

becauseeveryoneisprocrastinatingonsomethinginlife.

WeneedtostayawareoftheInstantGratificationMonkey.

That'sajobforallofus.

Andbecausethere'snotthatmanyboxesonthere,

it'sajobthatshouldprobablystarttoday.Now,Iwanttoshowyouonela29Well,maybenottoday,butknow.

Sometimesoon.Thankyou.Well,maybenottoday,butkno30演讲完毕，谢谢观看！演讲完毕，谢谢观看！31ProcrastinationTEDTimUrbanProcrastinationTED32Incollege,

Iwasagovernmentmajor,

whichmeansIhadtowritealotofpapers.

Now,whenanormalstudentwritesapaper,

theymightspreadtheworkoutalittlelikethis.

Incollege,

Iwasagovern33AndIwouldwanttodothatlikethat.

Thatwouldbetheplan.

Iwouldhaveitallreadytogo,

butthen,

actually,thepaperwouldcomealong,

andthenIwouldkindofdothis.Andthatwouldhappeneverysinglepaper.Butthencamemy90seniorthesis,

apaperyou'resupposedtospendayearon.

AndIknewforapaperlikethat,mynormalworkflowwasnotanoption.

Itwaswaytoobigaproject.

AndIwouldwanttodotha34SoIplannedthingsout,

andIdecidedIkindofhadtogosomethinglikethis.

Thisishowtheyearwouldgo.

Butthen,thefunniestthinghappened.

Thosefirstfewmonths?

Theycameandwent,

andIcouldn'tquitedostuff.

SoIplannedthingsout,

35Sowehadanawesomenewrevisedplan.Butthenthosemiddlemonthsactuallywentby,

andIdidn'treallywritewords,Sowehadanawesomenewr36

andsowewerehere.

andsowewerehere.37Andthentwomonthsturnedintoonemonth,

whichturnedintotwoweeks.

AndonedayIwokeup

withthreedaysuntilthedeadline,

Andthentwomonthsturned38stillnothavingwrittenaword,

andsoIdidtheonlythingIcould:

Iwrote90pagesover72hours,

pullingnotonebuttwoall-nighters--

gotitinjustatthedeadline.

stillnothavingwrittenawor39Anyway,todayI'mawriter-bloggerguy.Andacoupleofyearsago,Idecidedtowriteaboutprocrastination.

Now,Ihadahypothesisthatthebrainsofprocrastinatorswereactuallydifferent

thanthebrainsofotherpeople.

Iactuallybroughtthemheretoshowyoutoday.Anyway,todayI'mawr40Sohere'sthebrainofanon-procrastinatorSohere'sthebrainofanon-p41Now...

here'smybrain.Thereisadifference.

BothbrainshaveaRationalDecision-Makerinthem,

buttheprocrastinator'sbrain

alsohasanInstantGratificationMonkey.

Now,whatdoesthismeanfortheprocrastinator?

Now...

here'smybrain.The42Well,itmeanseverything'sfineuntilthishappens.SotheRationalDecision-Makerwillmaketherationaldecision

todosomethingproductive,

buttheMonkeydoesn'tlikethatplan,

soheactuallytakesthewheel,Thenwe'regoingtogoovertothefridge,

toseeifthere'sanythingnewintheresince10minutesago.Afterthat,

we'regoingtogoonaYouTubespiral

thatstartswithvideosofRichardFeynmantalkingaboutmagnets

andendsmuch,muchlaterwithuswatchinginterviews

withJustinBieber'smom.Well,itmeanseverything's43"Allofthat'sgoingtotakeawhile,

sowe'renotgoingtoreallyhaveroomonthescheduleforanyworktoday.

Now,whatisgoingonhere?

TheInstantGratificationMonkeydoesnotseemlikeaguy

youwantbehindthewheel.

Helivesentirelyinthepresentmoment.

Hehasnomemoryofthepast,noknowledgeofthefuture,

"Allofthat'sgoingtotakea44andheonlycaresabouttwothings:

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.andheonlycaresabouttwoth45

Andhewantstojusthaveusdo

whatevermakessensetobedoingrightnow.

Now,sometimesitmakessense

tobedoingthingsthatareeasyandfun,

likewhenyou'rehavingdinnerorgoingtobed

orenjoyingwell-earnedleisuretime.

That'swhythere'sanoverlap.

Andhewantstojusthaveus46Sometimestheyagree.

Butothertimes,itmakesmuchmoresensetobedoingthingsthatareharderandlesspleasant,

forthesakeofthebigpicture.

Andthat'swhenwehaveaconflict.

Andfortheprocrastinator,

thatconflicttendstoendacertainwayeverytime,

Sometimestheyagree.

Butothe47

leavinghimspendingalotoftimeinthisorangezone,

aneasyandfunplacethat'sentirelyoutoftheMakesSensecircle.

leavinghimspendingalotof48IcallittheDarkPlayground.Now,theDarkPlaygroundisaplace

thatallofyouprocrastinatorsoutthereknowverywell.

IcallittheDarkPlayground.49It'swhereleisureactivitieshappen

attimeswhenleisureactivitiesarenotsupposedtobehappening.

ThefunyouhaveintheDarkPlayground

isn'tactuallyfun,becauseit'scompletelyunearned,

andtheairisfilledwithguilt,dread,anxiety,self-hatred--

allofthosegoodprocrastinatorfeelings.

Andthequestionis,inthissituation,withtheMonkeybehindthewheel,

It'swhereleisureactivit50howdoestheprocrastinatorevergethimselfoverheretothisbluezone,

alesspleasantplace,butwherereallyimportantthingshappen?Well,turnsouttheprocrastinatorhasaguardianangel,

someonewho'salwayslookingdownonhimandwatchingoverhim

inhisdarkestmomentshowdoestheprocrastinatorev51someonecalledthePanicMonster.Now,thePanicMonsterisdormantmostofthetime,

buthesuddenlywakesupanytimeadeadlinegetstooclose

orthere'sdangerofpublicembarrassment,

acareerdisasterorsomeotherscaryconsequence.

Andimportantly,he'stheonlythingtheMonkeyisterrifiedof.

Now,hebecameveryrelevantinmylifeprettyrecently,

becausethepeopleofTEDreachedouttomeaboutsixmonthsagoandinvitedmetodoaTEDTalk.someonecalledthePanicMonst52Now,ofcourse,Isaidyes.

It'salwaysbeenadreamofminetohavedoneaTEDTalkinthepast.Sothat'swhatwedidthatday.Assixmonthsturnedintofourandthentwoandthenone,

thepeopleofTEDdecidedtoreleasethespeakers.

AndIopenedupthewebsite,andtherewasmyface

staringrightbackatme.Now,ofcourse,Isaidyes.

It53Andguesswhowokeup?SothePanicMonsterstartslosinghismind,Andguesswhowokeup?54andafewsecondslater,thewholesystem'sinmayhemandafewsecondslater,thew55AndtheMonkey--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.AndtheMonkey--remember,56

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.

Thesearepeoplewhowerenur57Andwhenthere'sdeadlines,

theeffectsofprocrastinationarecontainedtotheshortterm

becausethePanicMonstergetsinvolved.

Butthere'sasecondkindofprocrastination

thathappensinsituationswhenthereisnodeadline.

Soifyouwantedacareerwhereyou'reaself-starter--

somethinginthearts,somethingentrepreneurial--

there'snodeadlinesonthosethingsatfirst,becausenothing'shappening,

notuntilyou'vegoneoutanddonethehardwork

togetmomentum,getthingsgoing.

Nowifth