3 | The Paradox of Productivity*: how “productive procrastination” actually decreases your overall productivity and makes you miserable — and what you can do about it.



I also would like to formally apologize for the extreme amounts of street noise, road rage, and children screaming (??) that were going on as I was recording this & that my microphone picked up. I will be changing my recording location next time to hopefully eliminate this, so pls bear with me as I’m still starting out. Thank you for listening & the info/sources I mentioned in the episode are listed below :)



Sources:

Lieberman, C. (2019, March 25). Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control). The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/25/smarter-living/why-you-procrastinate-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-self-control.html

Saline, S. (2022, June 12). ADHD and Productive Procrastination. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/on-your-way-with-adhd/202206/adhd-and-productive-procrastination

Inspiration for the title of this episode from The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz



Further reading:

The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done by Piers Steel



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