Angie Bardsley facilitated the most recent installment of TED O’clock on Friday, October 28. She reported the following:
Tim Urban presents a humorous look at why people procrastinate in “Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator” by using illustrations that feature the rational decision-maker, instant gratification monkey, and panic monster. The rational decision-maker wants to do what makes sense—those things that can sometimes be considered difficult. Meanwhile, the instant gratification monkey is only concerned with easy and fun things. When given an assignment or task, procrastinators tend to be distracted by the easy and fun things until the deadline approaches. Then the panic monster strikes and the rational decision-maker takes over to make sure the task is completed. Tim presented his theory in his blog and was surprised by the results. He received feedback from a wide variety of people who acknowledged that they struggled with procrastination. But instead of reflecting his humorous slant, they expressed serious feelings because many of them were facing situations that didn’t have deadlines. Tim ends his talk by asking the audience to think about how long-term procrastination can prevent us from taking steps to realize our dreams or to make difficult but necessary decisions.
Afterward, the group discussed: how procrastination can be related to perfectionism, how procrastinators have a different view of time, whether everyone is a procrastinator, how CC’s block plan and culture relate to procrastination, how CC’s fast schedule tends to bring out the panic monster on a regular basis, and how our Emergenetics preferences assessments tie to procrastination. Our team has a mix of people who are structural (less apt to procrastinate) and conceptual (more apt to procrastinate).
Thank you, Angie, for your report and for facilitating the TED O’clock!
Do you have a favorite talk you’d like to share with the rest of the division? Please contact Linda as she would love to have others facilitate future TED O’clocks!
ITS:Always fun, never boring
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Petro
