Name: The Science of Overcoming Procrastination
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Author: Patrick King

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Chapter 1 The War Inside Your Skull.

Bridge the gap to "Future You." Use Temptation Bundling (pair fun with work) for dopamine. Apply the 2-Minute Rule to beat inertia. Set short deadline…

Chapter 2 Introducing Your Future Self. 🔒

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Chapter 3 Temptation Bundling and Dopamine. 🔒

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Chapter 4 Breaking the Inertia (Newton's Laws). 🔒

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Chapter 5 Fear of Failure and Perfectionism. 🔒

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Chapter 6 Strategic Laziness (Pareto and Parkinson). 🔒

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Chapter 7 Environment Design. 🔒

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Chapter 8 Conclusion: The Anti-Procrastination Mindset. 🔒

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The Science of Overcoming Procrastinat…

King explains the battle between your "limbic" monkey

brain and logical prefrontal cortex. He offers tactics

like Temptation Bundling, the 2-Minute Rule, and

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