Stop Procrastinating

Procrastination is not laziness but a failure of willpower against what Tim Urban calls the monkey in your head, that impulse-driven creature seeking instant comfort over long-term gain. This book reframes delay as a battle between emotion and logic, offering concrete weapons: David Allen's Two-Minute Rule, the procrastination journal for pattern recognition, and Roy Baumeister's research proving willpower functions like a muscle that strengthens through use. Self-compassion, not self-criticism, breaks the guilt-procrastination cycle that keeps you stuck.

You'll learn:

- Why anticipating a task causes more pain than doing it

- How the "If This, Then That" mindset rewires automatic avoidance

- What depletes willpower and how to protect it daily