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title: "Managing Procrastination"
artifact: "highlights"
resource_person: "Tim Urban"
resource_person_role: "Writer and creator of Wait But Why"
vertical: "careers"
module: "Time and Resource Management"
lesson: "Managing Procrastination"
lesson_key: "managing-procrastination"
source: "curated"
source_channel: "TED"
---
# Managing Procrastination: Highlights

**Resource person:** Tim Urban - Writer and creator of Wait But Why

**Curated from:** TED

1. 00:51 — The 90-page thesis shows how a long project can collapse into a damaging final sprint.
2. 03:57 — The Rational Decision-Maker is joined by an Instant Gratification Monkey that favours immediate ease and pleasure.
3. 05:03 — The Monkey’s present-focused choices conflict with plans whose rewards arrive later.
4. 06:39 — The Dark Playground describes avoidance that brings leisure, guilt and anxiety together.
5. 07:26 — The Panic Monster activates when consequences or deadlines become immediate.
6. 10:55 — Deadline-driven delay and open-ended delay have different consequences.
7. 13:05 — The Life Calendar makes the cumulative cost of deferred priorities visible.