Twofer Tuesday: On Planning and Procrastinating
?? Michael Bungay Stanier
Author of *The Coaching Habit* (1 million+ sold), *How to Work with (Almost) Anyone* & more ? I help people unlock greatness: theirs and others' ? #1 thought leader on coaching ?Top rated keynote speaker ? Rhodes Scholar
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Live for Today, Prepare for Tomorrow
Since ancient times, scholars and sages have opined on the merits of living each day as if it were our last. More recently, the late Steve Jobs, guru of the digital age, chimed in:
“Remembering I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.”
But if you ask Roman Krznaric, this brainy matter may be a little greyer than Jobs would have you believe.
Writing for YES! Magazine, Krznaric argues we should treat the adage of “living every day as if tomorrow might never come with a dose of caution – or even scepticism – balancing it with the responsibilities we have to other people and our future selves.”
Read: Live Each Day Like It’s Your … First?
We don’t always act rationally. Some of us – even successful people – have been known to respond to a looming deadline by doing anything BUT the task at hand.
Doesn’t make much sense, does it? Unless, of course, you have a procrastinator’s brain and are at the mercy of an Instant Gratification Monkey.
In this brilliant TED Talk, Tim Urban explores how procrastinators think, and why the Panic Monster may be the only thing that can keep them from missing major milestones.
Watch: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator
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ABOUT MICHAEL BUNGAY STANIER & BOX OF CRAYONS
Michael Bungay Stanier is the Senior Partner and Founder of Box of Crayons, a company that helps people and organizations do less Good Work and more Great Work. They're best know from their coaching programs that give busy managers the tools to coach in 10 minutes or less.
Download free chapters of Michael's latest book The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever here.
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