The reason you struggle with procrastination | Mel Robbins #Shorts

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   The word resistance means anything that we do to get in our own way to keep us from doing something that's going to scare us. And so let's talk about writer's block. Writer's block was only invented a hundred years ago. Writer's block is based on the idea that you just don't have the muse telling you what to write today. This is nonsense. There's no such thing as writer's block. What happens is if it feels important, if writing a memo feels important, if painting something feels important, if going on a date with someone you've always wanted to go on a date with and it's tomorrow night feels important, we do something internally to insulate ourselves, to protect ourselves, to keep us from being on the hook. But it's also, I think, part of human nature. And resistance then is something that we cannot make go away. If we're going to do something important, there's going to be resistance. If you don't feel resistance, it might not be important enough. So the question then is, what do you do when it shows up? And the answer is you say thank you. Thanks for letting me know I'm on the verge of doing something important. Thanks for reminding me that this needs to be on the top of my priority list. The things I'm procrastinating, I'm procrastinating because of resistance. And so I now have a compass, and the compass points me to the hard work to be done. And hard work, I think, is, is worth talking about for a minute. Hard work in the old days was how many pounds of gravel can you carry on your back because we don't have any machines. But now hard work is, did I come up with a solution that's not on the list of solutions? Did I tell the truth in a way that the other person could hear? Did I make a good decision? Did I write something that's never been written before, sing something that's never been sung before, paint something that's never been painted before? That's our job. What is the work that needs to be done that I'm afraid of? [outro music]

Episode duration: 2:05