Today's talk is going to be about procrastination. We're going to be talking about what procrastination is, why we procrastinate, the neurochemistry behind procrastination, and finally, I'd like to leave you with some practical strategies that you could use in your daily lives to lessen the impacts of procrastination. Now to begin I would like to start with a quote from the second century philosopher Marcus Aurelius.Aurelius says at dawn when you have trouble getting out of bed tell yourself I have to go to ...

[Music] I'd like to start off with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.. which says change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability but comes through constant struggle. Now I know my theme is procrastination and productivity. I understand that. But I find this quote so important for one reason because without the term procrastination productivity we wouldn't have the to struggle for that change. we wouldn't have to change for something better so that we as a whole can progress. So now let's understand ...

When I was a child, I could fluently speak a language that wasn't English. I could converse with my relatives and it was a way to relate to my culture. Bangla or Bengali was a reminder that I come from a beautiful heritage. However, as I grew older, the world of English literature seemed to open around me and I found flipping through the pages of books like Percy Jackson to be super exciting. With that in mind, by the time I was 10 years old, I could only form together a few disjointed sentences of Bengali ...

taking care of tomorrow today when future you overwhelms present you in high school. Picture this. It's a Wednesday night and you're sitting at your desk surrounded by textbooks, unfinished assignments, and a growing sense of panic.A big test looms tomorrow. Your phone buzzes. It's your girlfriend texting you that it's her girlfriend's that it's her grandmother's birthday party and you're invited.You think about it and hesitate. Should you go. Why not.You go and you get this sense of relief when you get the ...