#7 Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

3 keywords I learn from the talk :

• procrastination (n.) 拖延：the act of delaying something that must be done, often because it is unpleasant or boring

• rational (adj.) 理智的：based on clear thought and reason

• momentum (n.) 動力：the force that keeps an object moving or keeps an event developing after it has started

Summarize the talk :

Tim Urban told us how procrastination generate and he thinks that it doesn't make sense. People who are procrastinators will wait until the deadline to get things done. Maybe there's no non-procrastinators exsist, so Urban encourages everyone to think about what we're really procrastinating on, before we waste our time on instant gratification instead of staying rational. If it's a long-term kind of procratination and there's no deadline, it might become a source of a huge mount of long-term unhappiness, and regrets. We should take more serious and be aware of the problems of procrastination.

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#6 The power of passion and perseverance

5 keywords I learn from the talk :

• stratospheric (adj.) 平流層的；同溫層的：relating to the outer part of the air surrounding the Earth

• grit (n.) 意志力：refers to the enthusiasm and perseverance of pursuing long-term goals; not just working hard for a week or a month, but for a few years of hard work until the goal is achieved

• perseverance (n.) 不屈不撓：continued effort and determination

• standardize (v.) 使標準化，使合乎標準：to make things of the same type all have the same basic features

• intuition (n.) 直覺：(knowledge from) an ability to understand or know something immediately based on your feelings rather than facts

Introduce the talk :
The pyschologist Angela Lee Duckworth proposed that grit is a more important success thrait than IQ and talent. Grit is living life like it's a marathon, not a sprint and to buid grift, there's something called growth mindset, it's a belief that ability to learn is not fixed, that it can changed with your effort.

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