Who else thinks that Noah deserves like way more subscribers and views?? Great video Noah!! Going through a rough patch at College and I actually needed this!
about midway through the video, where you explain how there's no need to feel anxiety because different outcomes don't actually affect our happiness, things just sort of clicked for me. i paused the video, exclaimed "wait a second, what are you telling me?" and then proceeded to just laugh for a while because i was so full of joy with this realization. i want to wholeheartedly thank you for what you're doing, i think you're really helping a lot of people with these videos.
THANK YOU NOAH!!!! The way you address this habit hit the nail for me. While listening I just naturally started to do what I needed to do!!! Your explanation kind of opened a new door inside me, it let me breath. This thing of associating the value of ourselves with the outcome of what we do, and that preventing ourselves from not putting 100 percent of our efforts into it is crucial. Thanks again! I have no questions for now. Busy putting my house in order and enjoying it!!! :)
+Noah Elkrief hey noah i need help to stop procrastinating about studying. i fail to get the desired outcome that i look for when i study so i shy away from it entirely I've always been told that i should do what i fear to overcome it and to just do it because if i think to much fear will creep in of me thinking I'm not smart and discourage me....please help
+Noah Elkrief Noah you are always making us see our problems from another view and perspectives, your way of explaining things makes them so easy and so obvious to the mind, thank you alot for the work you put in your videos! We really enjoy the content of every single video you made
When I'm feeling really anxious, I watch your videos. I know I have said this before, but really thank you Noah Elkrief. Your videos help me a lot, and I am grateful for these videos. So, thank you again. :)
I TOOK SO MANY COLORFUL NOTES now I'm going to watch this video again and organize and condense my notes. This was super helpful and I can't wait to start working on this. I really feel like this will change my life.
Noah, thank you so much again and again! I just don't know how to express my full appreciation for what you are doing in order to help other people. Your materials is a great source to learn how to deal with different troubles. And my life gets more peaceful and happier with such clear explainations! Just wanted to say how thankful and grateful I am for your help. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Thanks Noah I have been listening to your videos for almost a week now and I'll say I changed my thinking day one and have seen a huge improvement. I feel at peace in social situation and while doing task I resented in the past. I'm gonna get your book soon as my next check is deposited. I now trying to figure out what to do with my newly found freedom and peace. I just want to say thanks agian for sharing this.
I have been binge watching your videos, my life is complicated in every area at the moment and I find the content of your videos very helpful and also the delivery of your message very soothing. It's like ASMR but actually helps me deal with life and relax and not just sleep.
21 minutes in and I have to say, one of the best videos I've viewed in a long time. I've watched other procrastination videos without feeling anything, however with this video I found myself taking detailed notes just a few minutes in. Thank you for this free information, you have a new subscriber.
Thank you again, Noah. As usual, you are able to communicate practical insights in a way that makes them immediately accessible. I think I will need ti watch this video over a few times. What is most amazing is your ability to share with a deep humility across a broad range of very raw, issues in a way that makes timeless spiritual insights sound like plain old common sense. You are in a league all of your own here. There is zero sense that you are somehow more spiritually enlightened than your viewers and this to me is a hallmark of a genuine sage. Procrastination has been a huge issue in my life, so I am glad you shone the light of your wisdom onto this topic. There is always something more than you words that communicate, it's a deep sense of peace that transmits in your voice tone and mannerisms. I think/feel/ that the insights shared in this video will have a tangible impact on my life in many ways. Thank you, my friend.
Noah, where have you been all my life? You have opened my eyes to this new way of thinking that I swear I've heard before like when other people would say...don't let such and such bother you or bring you down etc...but the way you explain things as our 'thoughts' and the meaning we give them, it is just so much more relatable and recognizable and understandable. Thanks for all of your videos. They are so helpful. I have to take notes and create affirmations to post all over my house with this more realistic way of thinking! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! :)
I've just watched four of your videos. They have already changed a lot of things going on in my mind. I am someone who struggles with doing schoolwork and chores and what not. I also suffer from depression. Your videos have helped me. I just want to say thanks Noah. Keep it up!
I had my doubts about this, but I did a list of all the tasks I had to do today, and I've got to say this was the most productive sunday I've had on the past 6 month and I´m talking about personal stuff I was leaving for later because "I wanted to rest". My job leaves me with little to no free time.. I didn't know I would feel so satisfied after following my own list of small tasks, now I have literally nothing else to do than actually relax. I spent my entire day busy, and distracted from my bad thoughts. Thanks!
Thankyou soo much Noah! I am just 15, was caught in a web of negativity, u played a major role in getting me out of it, wud really like to converse wid u as u r really inspiring!!
Noah, finding you on you tube has been a total blessing. I watched your initial video on loneliness and wow!!! I have been so down due to my family leaving me and my girlfriend passing away last year and after listening to your lecture I have realised that yes.... its my thoughts about these circumstances which are keeping me from having peace rather than still having my family and my girlfriend around me what a revelation. I thought there was something wrong with me for my sons and extended family to cast me aside, but now I realise that for whatever reason this is exactly how its meant to be and there is nothing wrong with me, and as soon as I let go of the thoughts and obsession with wanting to be with them, I have peace and happiness. I also am embarking on writing a book and your lecture on procrastination has helped me big time, not only getting started with it, but also completing my assignment for Tafe. I am so grateful to you (and the universe for helping me find you!!) as I have been becoming desperate for answers. Its frightening just how far down these thoughts can take you and the lies they tell, I have been chronically depressed by them not long ago and I don't want to be in that state ever again.I will be watching all your other videos as Im sure Ive only just scratched the surface.Kind regardsKaren Dean
this video blew my mind i just realized many reasons why i had been procrastinating over the years. fear of failure, anxiety, the fear of mising out. the only questing i have is, what can i do if i have depression and it doesnt let me concentrate, or makes me feel too tired to work, and the the inhability to work makes me feel even worse.
One of the most insanely helpful videos ever. I've come back to this video several times. I've procrastinated on several activities - even interacting with others. I appreciate you for making this video.
You got it in a nutshell, all my devious ways are now on TH-cam! There is nowhere to hide! And in all seriousness, thank you Noah for your incredible sincere and deep insights into why we avoid the easier path. At least now I can see that it all will become easier with practice and acknowledgement. Wonderful/thank you so much.
Noah, you are a Godsend! What a beautiful and accepting philosophy! He reminds me of Thich Nhat Hanh, in that he writes a thousand books but all pretty much say the same thing. Thoughts, not reality, are the source of our suffering.
It has been a discovery for me. I criticize myself a lot and I felt identificated with everything you said, Noah.I'm very glad that I found this video because I know is going to change my life.Thanks!!
Thanks Noah. I failed my university exam and I‘ve started realizing that I defined my situation as lacking 13:21, friends and partners, recognition, fun. And that lead me to procrastinating. I wasn‘t as productive and focused.
O my I loved this! ! My journey for the past 6-9 months have been believing that the job I'm in is causing me to suffer because it's not my fantasy of having residual income where I don't have to work but I see it's my thoughts and my story about my job that's making me suffer! I'm soo grateful for this video!! Now I have to figure out if i still want to pursue this fantasy but with just a different perspective!!
I have utilized these videos sporadically over the past several years and just wanted to finally say thank you. It always means a lot to know that if my thought process ever goes awry I can rely on these to correct my irrational thought processes. Thank you Noah.
Pro tip: Speed 1.5x Also this video blew my mind, it truly got down into the bottom of why we procrastinate and how we end up procrastinating as opposed to "here is magic trick to stop procrastinating!". To be able to stop procrastinating you need to understand how procrastination works. If you want to make changes in your life you need to understand how your life works. If you want to learn how to draw you have got to first learn how vision works or you will probably never get good. If you want to learn to fix computers, you first have to learn how computers work, computers can break down in unpredictable ways, and you can guess which parts of it are failing (hardware or software alike) by knowing how it all comes together, seeing where the chain breaks, and then fixing that broken link. Same principle. What really got me is that he actually described my dominant type of procrastination. It took him like the entire video to do it, but the last type he described resonated so deeply with me, it's like "wow, that sounds exactly like me". And then he talks about how to prevent that type of procrastination and goes into for example how "well, just stop doing it" doesn't work, I've been there, I've had habits, things that I do as procrastination instead of teh thing I'm supposed to do, and I have found the magic trick to stop doing things, truly. I am so good at it if I wanted to I could spend an entire day staring at a wall while surrounded by better things to do... But the reality is that "not doing" is not enough to make you "do something else". I was a bit disappointed though that he basically told me something I know, that the way to solve this type of procrastination is self awareness, when I notice I am procrastinating, to stop and think "why am I doing this, what am I trying to escape now?" and the reason I'm disappointed is that I've been there, I've done that, and sure I can easily know what I'm trying to escape from doing, but it can take me days, weeks, months, or even years to figure out the "why" I am trying to escape it. However earlier insights from the video may help with that. Good video.
I like it that you're not one of those super agressive sales guys trying to sell you're own product, you really give useful information while communicating it in a "zen" way. I have listened to a couple of your streams and it definetely helps me in life. Toda raba !
This talk was so helpful for me. I struggle with writing anxiety and I am putting off writing the paper. I really took to the ideas about understanding what's behind the procrastination/avoidance and uncovering the story in my head. I wrote down a "new" story in my head that truly expresses my purpose for writing this piece. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!
Great advice Noah. I absolutely agree with you and your words have helped to remind me of how I can stop procrastinating. I believe we all do that sometimes. Even tho' I knew about a lot of the things you said here, its hearing it from another person that can sometimes re-waken our own inner strengths and get us back on the right track that can make all the difference! Thanks for posting!
Noah. Thank you so much. You really help me to see my procrastination in a different light. You have challenged me to dig deep. Thank you. -----You are a blessing to this world.
Great information and presentation - thank you - also I REALLY appreciate you not having distracting background noise/music. In this highly stimulating world it is a nice change and relief.
This is the best video on this topic I have ever seen--and I have been researching this for years. I love your clarity, logic and strategies. When I first heard you speak, I thought you might have a background in cognitive psychological therapy, but instead you have been on an incredible, intuitive and meditative journey. I am looking forward to seeing all your work. Many thanks for sharing your work. Very freeing.
You're a great help to me Noah, thank you. Here's what. Happened to make me feel poverty stricken. I changed the rent I was paying by a fee dollars. Dumb me accidentally didn't cancel the original rent auto payment. Twelve weeks later I found my mistake and proved to myself that I can actually save money and the buzz of getting the excess back. Good out of bad huh, big grin here
Hi Noah, I just wanted to thank you for your videos, your beautiful calming voice has helped me get through a lot of life's struggles. You're a truly gifted man and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
This stirred my emotions , I am going to dig deeper into my doubts and thoughts and try to understand my flawed thinking and re educate my auto thinking.
Thank you for the videos, Noah. I find all the one's I've watched helpful. I've been a procrastinator my whole life and I can relate to all the reasons you cover. I've made some progress in some areas but overall it's still a big problem in my life. I really have to challenge myself to stop procrastinating because I'm neglecting too many things and I can't afford to do that anymore. I avoid tasks because I don't want to feel the discomfort I feel when doing them. Usually I tell myself stories about how in the future there will be bad outcomes because I'm not taking care of things and I think I also tend to tell myself I'm not good enough and that other's think I'm not , too. If I shift my thoughts or question them like you suggest probably half the time I end up feeling better. The times I can't change my feelings about my thoughts I keep wishing I could so the pain will stop.
Thank you Noah.. Your videos are helping me a lot in every way.. I've learnt a lot .. I'm working my way to be a positive person.. Thanx a lot that I could overcome many complex and fears of mine .. Ur videos have been my saviour(not exaggerating but really helped me in changing my attitude n perspective of things around me) .. Literally a turning point of my life.. I've changed a lot positively.. And I'm really thankful and happy :)
Thank you so much! I never used to understand the reasons I procrastinated, but all of the ideas you listed are true. Even though you didn't state exactly how to stop procrastinating, you explained what causes procrastination. It helps a lot just hearing you talk about it. I don't know how to explain it, but it helped very much. Thank you.
Thanks for who you are brother! I found you at the right time and you made everything fall into place in my personal progress, it's divine! You're divine! :D Rock on Noah, may you discover every treasure laid in your heart!
thank you so much! its always calming to listen to you. I procastrinate to find a new job and cant put my finger on it why. Sth in me just dont want... and i find excuses that I am in the wrong city and started already to isolate myself completely. Im so afraid 'to get judged' for my work and content I would love to post. I dont believe in my skills and in myself.
That's why I love putting it all on paper. First of all it's hard to comprehend it all in your head, when your attention can be only on one subject at a time. Also the task seems way bigger in my head then it actually is.
Thank you for posting this video! I like the way you explain the reasons of procrastination, also I find the way you speak very balanced. This makes all sense to me!
Since This video is kind of long. I have decided to play it every time i would like to do any given task. Thank you very much Mr Noah. you are certainly amazing.
Noah, there was a time when I listened to all your videos and wanted more. !! ; ) There’s so much value in every single video whether someone thinks it applies to them or not ...... Since then, I went through and intensive 3mos trauma therapy and have learned so much and have freed up a lot of anxiety and stress and stories ... as well as having learned the areas where I have patterns based on that childhood trauma. Wow. ExceptionalTherapy is golden ... you have an excellent explanation for how people “think/suffer” and you explain these things so simply, eloquently and with such care and respect .... I love you so much for the help you bring to people. Thank you 😊 huuuugs!
I started laughing in the middle of the video because I've discovered why I'm so "unhappy" with my job, it's not the job it's my thoughts about job and comparing it to a fantasy in my mind. This is life changing! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much ! I feel like my procrastination leads to my stress that leads to my anxiety. To be honest i was procrastinating doing what i had to do by watching these videos. I will definitely try the note taking technique.
I just recently came across your videos and you are amazing. I managed to cram so many videos in a short period of time,you've helped me so much. Thank you for all of these videos and I hope you continue on making more.
Thank you so muchhh Noaf for sharing this useful video. Could you please making a video about How To Focus On Working as soon as possible? I believe that there are so many people need this. Have a good day!
This helped me so much more compared to all the "make a plan" and "time management" stuff which, in the end just made me over think more. This video made so much sense to me. I hope I can just get rid all of these thoughts from my head rather than just drowning them with something pleasurable but transient. Working on it. :)
hey Noah, your videos have helped me to remember alot of tools that empower my life! :) i know it all boils down to mis identifying with my thoughts and other things outside of myself,, but i always forget, so your videos help me to remember, plus meditation etc... so THANKYOU from London,. hope that you are in the moment :) i have one request.. please may you do a video on compulsive eating??? Ruby x
I'm sitting behind my desk at work (luckily it's quiet today) and saw this video... I thought I'd watch this last one before starting a task in an excel spreadsheet. ...brilliant timing! ;-) I just discovered your channel and think your videos are great! thanks for sharing...
5 major reasons for procrastination 1. overwhelming solution: breaking down big tasks into smaller tasks. dont think abt a million things at the same time- focus on 1 and "WHERE TO START" and write it down 2. previous time we did it we didn't enjoy it solution: you were unhappy because of your thoughts not because of your task. eg a. anxiety- it would be bad if - i cant finish, i cant do it, it doesnt work out. however u don't KNOW if it will be good or bad. but u actually never know. it might be good for u. think of a good reason why opposite to be true. b. thinking im not good enough, smart, quick, able. ask yourself- do i know that to be true? if you arent capable- you can recognize more important things - like it doenst make u bad. or u may discover that u are capable. 3.) mind tricks us - this is suffering when the fantasy comes - what do you want most in life? fantasy may not be better than present. have its own inconveniences and suffering that is worse. 4. we are suffering now, we try to distract ourselves from other than task 5. task isn't right fit for us
Noah, thank you so much for all your videos. I feel mentally transformed after I finish each one. I am prone to avoidant, procrastinate-y tendencies (especially this week as I am moving), and this one hit me right in the gut. I'm going to explore your books as well. Thanks again
i procrastinate due to health issues that prevent doing housework and frustrates me as want a cleaner home and the good feeling of satisfaction it gives.i havr fibromyalgia, EA, polymyalgia rheumatica. neuropathy. depression. i am now singing at nursingbhome w/a friend and we are making extra money to where i could hire housework done. i love cooking and can do laundry.but not much more. i feel like a failure by not taking care of own home. i am 66. my husband of 39 yrs has been in a behavioral problem home and has been mentally ill since age 28, one yr after marraige. very intelligent. engineer for ji case. had to quit. working days were over. i was breadwiner, had beauty shop and loved 20 yrs.long story, sorry, noah. i also have written 300 gospel songs in 20 yrs, which helped us both. then i begann getting different ailments that caused jme to changevto medical transcription, which i did well but did not like it.now bryan has been in home 2 yrs and thinks i dont want him home, but i cannot care for him. i take him out 3-4 times a week???help!!! i am angry and cuss and throw things, mad at me. how can you work with me on skype, and pricing? god bless and really drawn to your hope
Thank you for sharing this. I finally have a system that I can rely on when suffering indecision. Writing it down into a list of tasks. Placing small achievable goals next to those tasks. Ordering the task list into most achievable. (P.s. most people need to do ASMR, would certainly calm a lot of people.)
I am very creative with home and outdoor projects. Yet I find myself starting new ones before I actually finish others that were already started. Sometimes I do procrastinate yet I am more concerned as to why I "horde" projects and then feel overwhelmed. I haven't truly found the answer in the few videos I have seen. Just saw you yesterday for the first time.
Thank you Noah' You have inspired me to think differently... You surely are a well adjusted calm person... Thank you so very much... Love to you from me and my beautiful little dog ...🐶☀️😀
Who else thinks that Noah deserves like way more subscribers and views??
Great video Noah!! Going through a rough patch at College and I actually needed this!
Love the white background and no music ! No distractions ! Most videos have too much going on.. I love these vids.. 🌹❤️
Terra :)
Yea, your videos and your tone of voice are in a sense, hypnotic. It draws me in to really see myself differently and apply what I learned.
Terra The natural background noise probably helps, too.
Terra agree! So peaceful and focused. Really enjoyable and helpful. 👍🏼
about midway through the video, where you explain how there's no need to feel anxiety because different outcomes don't actually affect our happiness, things just sort of clicked for me. i paused the video, exclaimed "wait a second, what are you telling me?" and then proceeded to just laugh for a while because i was so full of joy with this realization. i want to wholeheartedly thank you for what you're doing, i think you're really helping a lot of people with these videos.
DerEineDa96 You're very welcome, thanks for sharing. Eventually, that experience just takes over our whole life.
I'm adding this to my watch later videos.
+Sallysudlow XD Genius!!
isnt 'watch later' procrastinating..?
haha brilliant 😂😂😂
+Keaton that is the joke yes
Sallysudlow LOL
Hey, you! Yes, you! Stop reading the comments and focus on the video!
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Lol how'd you know
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THANK YOU NOAH!!!! The way you address this habit hit the nail for me. While listening I just naturally started to do what I needed to do!!! Your explanation kind of opened a new door inside me, it let me breath. This thing of associating the value of ourselves with the outcome of what we do, and that preventing ourselves from not putting 100 percent of our efforts into it is crucial. Thanks again! I have no questions for now. Busy putting my house in order and enjoying it!!! :)
palitoybombon You're welcome!
+Noah Elkrief hey noah i need help to stop procrastinating about studying. i fail to get the desired outcome that i look for when i study so i shy away from it entirely I've always been told that i should do what i fear to overcome it and to just do it because if i think to much fear will creep in of me thinking I'm not smart and discourage me....please help
+Noah Elkrief Noah you are always making us see our problems from another view and perspectives, your way of explaining things makes them so easy and so obvious to the mind, thank you alot for the work you put in your videos! We really enjoy the content of every single video you made
When I'm feeling really anxious, I watch your videos. I know I have said this before, but really thank you Noah Elkrief. Your videos help me a lot, and I am grateful for these videos. So, thank you again. :)
SamanthaJay You're very welcome Samantha! It's my pleasure to share
I TOOK SO MANY COLORFUL NOTES now I'm going to watch this video again and organize and condense my notes. This was super helpful and I can't wait to start working on this. I really feel like this will change my life.
Noah, thank you so much again and again! I just don't know how to express my full appreciation for what you are doing in order to help other people.
Your materials is a great source to learn how to deal with different troubles.
And my life gets more peaceful and happier with such clear explainations!
Just wanted to say how thankful and grateful I am for your help. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Eugene Gurevich It's my pleasure to share with you Eugene. I'm glad you've been seeing the impact!
Thanks Noah I have been listening to your videos for almost a week now and I'll say I changed my thinking day one and have seen a huge improvement. I feel at peace in social situation and while doing task I resented in the past. I'm gonna get your book soon as my next check is deposited. I now trying to figure out what to do with my newly found freedom and peace. I just want to say thanks agian for sharing this.
I have been binge watching your videos, my life is complicated in every area at the moment and I find the content of your videos very helpful and also the delivery of your message very soothing. It's like ASMR but actually helps me deal with life and relax and not just sleep.
How did you become so wise? Wow I'm going to have to start taking notes when I listen to you....
21 minutes in and I have to say, one of the best videos I've viewed in a long time. I've watched other procrastination videos without feeling anything, however with this video I found myself taking detailed notes just a few minutes in. Thank you for this free information, you have a new subscriber.
Thank you again, Noah. As usual, you are able to communicate practical insights in a way that makes them immediately accessible. I think I will need ti watch this video over a few times. What is most amazing is your ability to share with a deep humility across a broad range of very raw, issues in a way that makes timeless spiritual insights sound like plain old common sense. You are in a league all of your own here. There is zero sense that you are somehow more spiritually enlightened than your viewers and this to me is a hallmark of a genuine sage. Procrastination has been a huge issue in my life, so I am glad you shone the light of your wisdom onto this topic. There is always something more than you words that communicate, it's a deep sense of peace that transmits in your voice tone and mannerisms. I think/feel/ that the insights shared in this video will have a tangible impact on my life in many ways. Thank you, my friend.
Designs ByLove please share this everywhere!!!
The best reply to the best help guy
Noah, where have you been all my life? You have opened my eyes to this new way of thinking that I swear I've heard before like when other people would say...don't let such and such bother you or bring you down etc...but the way you explain things as our 'thoughts' and the meaning we give them, it is just so much more relatable and recognizable and understandable. Thanks for all of your videos. They are so helpful. I have to take notes and create affirmations to post all over my house with this more realistic way of thinking! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! :)
I've just watched four of your videos. They have already changed a lot of things going on in my mind. I am someone who struggles with doing schoolwork and chores and what not. I also suffer from depression. Your videos have helped me. I just want to say thanks Noah. Keep it up!
I had my doubts about this, but I did a list of all the tasks I had to do today, and I've got to say this was the most productive sunday I've had on the past 6 month and I´m talking about personal stuff I was leaving for later because "I wanted to rest". My job leaves me with little to no free time.. I didn't know I would feel so satisfied after following my own list of small tasks, now I have literally nothing else to do than actually relax. I spent my entire day busy, and distracted from my bad thoughts. Thanks!
Thankyou soo much Noah! I am just 15, was caught in a web of negativity, u played a major role in getting me out of it, wud really like to converse wid u as u r really inspiring!!
Why I procrastinate?
Me: 'cause I feel bad about myself.
Why do you feel bad?
Me: 'cause I procrastinate.
Noah, finding you on you tube has been a total blessing. I watched your initial video on loneliness and wow!!! I have been so down due to my family leaving me and my girlfriend passing away last year and after listening to your lecture I have realised that yes.... its my thoughts about these circumstances which are keeping me from having peace rather than still having my family and my girlfriend around me what a revelation. I thought there was something wrong with me for my sons and extended family to cast me aside, but now I realise that for whatever reason this is exactly how its meant to be and there is nothing wrong with me, and as soon as I let go of the thoughts and obsession with wanting to be with them, I have peace and happiness. I also am embarking on writing a book and your lecture on procrastination has helped me big time, not only getting started with it, but also completing my assignment for Tafe. I am so grateful to you (and the universe for helping me find you!!) as I have been becoming desperate for answers. Its frightening just how far down these thoughts can take you and the lies they tell, I have been chronically depressed by them not long ago and I don't want to be in that state ever again.I will be watching all your other videos as Im sure Ive only just scratched the surface.Kind regardsKaren Dean
this video blew my mind i just realized many reasons why i had been procrastinating over the years. fear of failure, anxiety, the fear of mising out. the only questing i have is, what can i do if i have depression and it doesnt let me concentrate, or makes me feel too tired to work, and the the inhability to work makes me feel even worse.
I do procrastinate things I enjoy
I came here to say this
One of the most insanely helpful videos ever. I've come back to this video several times. I've procrastinated on several activities - even interacting with others. I appreciate you for making this video.
Thank you for providing RICH and Powerful content to the web
You got it in a nutshell, all my devious ways are now on TH-cam! There is nowhere to hide!
And in all seriousness, thank you Noah for your incredible sincere and deep insights into why we avoid the easier path. At least now I can see that it all will become easier with practice and acknowledgement. Wonderful/thank you so much.
Noah, you are a Godsend! What a beautiful and accepting philosophy! He reminds me of Thich Nhat Hanh, in that he writes a thousand books but all pretty much say the same thing. Thoughts, not reality, are the source of our suffering.
It has been a discovery for me. I criticize myself a lot and I felt identificated with everything you said, Noah.I'm very glad that I found this video because I know is going to change my life.Thanks!!
Thanks Noah. I failed my university exam and I‘ve started realizing that I defined my situation as lacking 13:21, friends and partners, recognition, fun. And that lead me to procrastinating. I wasn‘t as productive and focused.
O my I loved this! ! My journey for the past 6-9 months have been believing that the job I'm in is causing me to suffer because it's not my fantasy of having residual income where I don't have to work but I see it's my thoughts and my story about my job that's making me suffer! I'm soo grateful for this video!! Now I have to figure out if i still want to pursue this fantasy but with just a different perspective!!
Please never take your videos down. I need to visit them for the rest of my life.
I can't tell you how happy I am to have found your videos. You're really a God send. I can't wait to clean my room now! Thank you so much.
It took a few viewings for this video to have an impact on me, but it was worth all the time an effort. Extremely grateful
I procrastinate on watching these type of videos
+Gretel Rojas how the hell do we stop that???
+Francesco Bartoli I wish I knew.
Lol
+Gretel Rojas Is that Hayley Williams?
+Mary-Rayne Sackett yesssss
I have utilized these videos sporadically over the past several years and just wanted to finally say thank you. It always means a lot to know that if my thought process ever goes awry I can rely on these to correct my irrational thought processes. Thank you Noah.
Pro tip: Speed 1.5x
Also this video blew my mind, it truly got down into the bottom of why we procrastinate and how we end up procrastinating as opposed to "here is magic trick to stop procrastinating!".
To be able to stop procrastinating you need to understand how procrastination works.
If you want to make changes in your life you need to understand how your life works.
If you want to learn how to draw you have got to first learn how vision works or you will probably never get good.
If you want to learn to fix computers, you first have to learn how computers work, computers can break down in unpredictable ways, and you can guess which parts of it are failing (hardware or software alike) by knowing how it all comes together, seeing where the chain breaks, and then fixing that broken link.
Same principle.
What really got me is that he actually described my dominant type of procrastination. It took him like the entire video to do it, but the last type he described resonated so deeply with me, it's like "wow, that sounds exactly like me". And then he talks about how to prevent that type of procrastination and goes into for example how "well, just stop doing it" doesn't work, I've been there, I've had habits, things that I do as procrastination instead of teh thing I'm supposed to do, and I have found the magic trick to stop doing things, truly. I am so good at it if I wanted to I could spend an entire day staring at a wall while surrounded by better things to do... But the reality is that "not doing" is not enough to make you "do something else".
I was a bit disappointed though that he basically told me something I know, that the way to solve this type of procrastination is self awareness, when I notice I am procrastinating, to stop and think "why am I doing this, what am I trying to escape now?" and the reason I'm disappointed is that I've been there, I've done that, and sure I can easily know what I'm trying to escape from doing, but it can take me days, weeks, months, or even years to figure out the "why" I am trying to escape it. However earlier insights from the video may help with that.
Good video.
I was just getting ready to recommend *Speed 1.5x*.
Without it, I'd be sleep trying to listen to this XD
Pro tip, Animate while you listern.
the great thing with thease kinds of videos, is you dont have to watch them!
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This is exactly what I needed to start working on my business again! Thanks Noah (5 years later vids still helping people)
I actually love NOAH He has really helped me out A LOT!!!
I like it that you're not one of those super agressive sales guys trying to sell you're own product, you really give useful information while communicating it in a "zen" way. I have listened to a couple of your streams and it definetely helps me in life. Toda raba !
Benjamin B Bevakasha... glad it's been helping
None of us are alone. We are all here together. I care for all of my brothers and sisters. We can do this... TOGETHER
This talk was so helpful for me. I struggle with writing anxiety and I am putting off writing the paper. I really took to the ideas about understanding what's behind the procrastination/avoidance and uncovering the story in my head. I wrote down a "new" story in my head that truly expresses my purpose for writing this piece. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!
Great advice Noah. I absolutely agree with you and your words have helped to remind me of how I can stop procrastinating. I believe we all do that sometimes. Even tho' I knew about a lot of the things you said here, its hearing it from another person that can sometimes re-waken our own inner strengths and get us back on the right track that can make all the difference! Thanks for posting!
You have such a kind voice. Thank you for doing these videos.
Brilliant.... the part about being fearful of success and failure really hit home! Thank you so much!
You are amazing Noah. You have really went deep in your essence. You are a blessing for this world. Keep doing videos. They help extremely
Noah. Thank you so much. You really help me to see my procrastination in a different light. You have challenged me to dig deep. Thank you. -----You are a blessing to this world.
Great information and presentation - thank you - also I REALLY appreciate you not having distracting background noise/music. In this highly stimulating world it is a nice change and relief.
This video has a life changing truth ,Thank you for all the help
This is the best video on this topic I have ever seen--and I have been researching this for years. I love your clarity, logic and strategies. When I first heard you speak, I thought you might have a background in cognitive psychological therapy, but instead you have been on an incredible, intuitive and meditative journey. I am looking forward to seeing all your work. Many thanks for sharing your work. Very freeing.
You're a great help to me Noah, thank you. Here's what. Happened to make me feel poverty stricken. I changed the rent I was paying by a fee dollars. Dumb me accidentally didn't cancel the original rent auto payment. Twelve weeks later I found my mistake and proved to myself that I can actually save money and the buzz of getting the excess back. Good out of bad huh, big grin here
The part of "You have a choice to do it or not" totaly got me. -- Thanks!
" The outcome of your effort does not mean anything about you. " That's what clicked to me in this video... Thanks.
I've always worked hard to have a vacation, and studied to have a purpose , not to find peace , I've cried around the minute 12 , that is so true
Noah your a great human ! The greatest possibly
Hi Noah, I just wanted to thank you for your videos, your beautiful calming voice has helped me get through a lot of life's struggles. You're a truly gifted man and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
This stirred my emotions , I am going to dig deeper into my doubts and thoughts and try to understand my flawed thinking and re educate my auto thinking.
Thank You Noah, The way you get to the very core of the matter is truly unique and ingeniously simple!!!
Thank you for the videos, Noah. I find all the one's I've watched helpful. I've been a procrastinator my whole life and I can relate to all the reasons you cover. I've made some progress in some areas but overall it's still a big problem in my life. I really have to challenge myself to stop procrastinating because I'm neglecting too many things and I can't afford to do that anymore. I avoid tasks because I don't want to feel the discomfort I feel when doing them. Usually I tell myself stories about how in the future there will be bad outcomes because I'm not taking care of things and I think I also tend to tell myself I'm not good enough and that other's think I'm not , too. If I shift my thoughts or question them like you suggest probably half the time I end up feeling better. The times I can't change my feelings about my thoughts I keep wishing I could so the pain will stop.
Thank you Noah.. Your videos are helping me a lot in every way.. I've learnt a lot .. I'm working my way to be a positive person.. Thanx a lot that I could overcome many complex and fears of mine .. Ur videos have been my saviour(not exaggerating but really helped me in changing my attitude n perspective of things around me) .. Literally a turning point of my life.. I've changed a lot positively.. And I'm really thankful and happy :)
pratzie You're welcome, thanks for sharing
2 mins in and i know its good...your explanations are always spot on...you are amazing Noah!
Probably the best analysis on the subject I have found anywhere. Thank you Noah!
Thank you so much! I never used to understand the reasons I procrastinated, but all of the ideas you listed are true. Even though you didn't state exactly how to stop procrastinating, you explained what causes procrastination. It helps a lot just hearing you talk about it. I don't know how to explain it, but it helped very much. Thank you.
Thank you Noah.
Your videos are really helping me get out of a depression.
I appreciate you so much!
Thanks for who you are brother! I found you at the right time and you made everything fall into place in my personal progress, it's divine! You're divine! :D Rock on Noah, may you discover every treasure laid in your heart!
thank you so much! its always calming to listen to you. I procastrinate to find a new job and cant put my finger on it why. Sth in me just dont want... and i find excuses that I am in the wrong city and started already to isolate myself completely. Im so afraid 'to get judged' for my work and content I would love to post. I dont believe in my skills and in myself.
That's why I love putting it all on paper. First of all it's hard to comprehend it all in your head, when your attention can be only on one subject at a time. Also the task seems way bigger in my head then it actually is.
Thanks a lot for this video . Much love and gratitude .
Very true. I have no wish to spend any time alone with my thoughts. Hence the distractions.
Thank you for posting this video! I like the way you explain the reasons of procrastination, also I find the way you speak very balanced. This makes all sense to me!
Since This video is kind of long. I have decided to play it every time i would like to do any given task. Thank you very much Mr Noah. you are certainly amazing.
Noah, there was a time when I listened to all your videos and wanted more. !! ; ) There’s so much value in every single video whether someone thinks it applies to them or not ......
Since then, I went through and intensive 3mos trauma therapy and have learned so much and have freed up a lot of anxiety and stress and stories ... as well as having learned the areas where I have patterns based on that childhood trauma. Wow. ExceptionalTherapy is golden ... you have an excellent explanation for how people “think/suffer” and you explain these things so simply, eloquently and with such care and respect .... I love you so much for the help you bring to people. Thank you 😊 huuuugs!
Great to have a different look at what we think is making us stop doing what we really know need to do. Very helpful...fxs.
I started laughing in the middle of the video because I've discovered why I'm so "unhappy" with my job, it's not the job it's my thoughts about job and comparing it to a fantasy in my mind. This is life changing! Thank you!!!
but what if the job doesn't fit?
Thank you so much ! I feel like my procrastination leads to my stress that leads to my anxiety. To be honest i was procrastinating doing what i had to do by watching these videos. I will definitely try the note taking technique.
you are worth listening to. Thanks a lot.
ProCRAPtinating whilst watching this. OMG help with my exams.
I just recently came across your videos and you are amazing. I managed to cram so many videos in a short period of time,you've helped me so much. Thank you for all of these videos and I hope you continue on making more.
This was great. Gonna go to bed now and hopefully start the day productively. Thx man.
Thank you so muchhh Noaf for sharing this useful video. Could you please making a video about How To Focus On Working as soon as possible? I believe that there are so many people need this. Have a good day!
Thank you for the helpful video Noah. Keep up the inspiring work!
Carrie Mcrae You're welcome Carrie!
Excellent! like a zen master!
Michael Wilson without the wankerism!
This helped me so much more compared to all the "make a plan" and "time management" stuff which, in the end just made me over think more. This video made so much sense to me. I hope I can just get rid all of these thoughts from my head rather than just drowning them with something pleasurable but transient. Working on it. :)
hey Noah, your videos have helped me to remember alot of tools that empower my life! :) i know it all boils down to mis identifying with my thoughts and other things outside of myself,, but i always forget, so your videos help me to remember, plus meditation etc... so THANKYOU from London,. hope that you are in the moment :)
i have one request.. please may you do a video on compulsive eating??? Ruby x
I'm sitting behind my desk at work (luckily it's quiet today) and saw this video... I thought I'd watch this last one before starting a task in an excel spreadsheet. ...brilliant timing! ;-)
I just discovered your channel and think your videos are great! thanks for sharing...
Gregory David You're welcome Gregory. Glad you like the videos
Brilliant! Thank you so much for this video!
Thank you very much Noah elkrief for eye
Opening video
Superb. Helped a lot. Thanks a billion @Noah Elkrief
Noah is a god at what he does, loved the vid
5 major reasons for procrastination
1. overwhelming
solution: breaking down big tasks into smaller tasks. dont think abt a million things at the same time- focus on 1 and "WHERE TO START" and write it down
2. previous time we did it we didn't enjoy it
solution: you were unhappy because of your thoughts not because of your task.
eg
a. anxiety- it would be bad if - i cant finish, i cant do it, it doesnt work out. however u don't KNOW if it will be good or bad. but u actually never know. it might be good for u. think of a good reason why opposite to be true.
b. thinking im not good enough, smart, quick, able. ask yourself- do i know that to be true? if you arent capable- you can recognize more important things - like it doenst make u bad. or u may discover that u are capable.
3.) mind tricks us - this is suffering
when the fantasy comes - what do you want most in life? fantasy may not be better than present. have its own inconveniences and suffering that is worse.
4. we are suffering now, we try to distract ourselves from other than task
5. task isn't right fit for us
thnx the vedio was too long i just read your comment ☺
Noah, thank you so much for all your videos. I feel mentally transformed after I finish each one. I am prone to avoidant, procrastinate-y tendencies (especially this week as I am moving), and this one hit me right in the gut. I'm going to explore your books as well. Thanks again
***** Glad the video was helpful for you Ashley
your voice is like a song. I like your voice's color. Thank you.
i procrastinate due to health issues that prevent doing housework and frustrates me as want a cleaner home and the good feeling of satisfaction it gives.i havr fibromyalgia, EA, polymyalgia rheumatica. neuropathy. depression. i am now singing at nursingbhome w/a friend and we are making extra money to where i could hire housework done. i love cooking and can do laundry.but not much more. i feel like a failure by not taking care of own home. i am 66. my husband of 39 yrs has been in a behavioral problem home and has been mentally ill since age 28, one yr after marraige. very intelligent. engineer for ji case. had to quit. working days were over. i was breadwiner, had beauty shop and loved 20 yrs.long story, sorry, noah. i also have written 300 gospel songs in 20 yrs, which helped us both. then i begann getting different ailments that caused jme to changevto medical transcription, which i did well but did not like it.now bryan has been in home 2 yrs and thinks i dont want him home, but i cannot care for him. i take him out 3-4 times a week???help!!! i am angry and cuss and throw things, mad at me. how can you work with me on skype, and pricing? god bless and really drawn to your hope
Going to have to listen to this a few times. A lot of great stuff to absorb.
Thank you for sharing this. I finally have a system that I can rely on when suffering indecision.
Writing it down into a list of tasks.
Placing small achievable goals next to those tasks.
Ordering the task list into most achievable.
(P.s. most people need to do ASMR, would certainly calm a lot of people.)
I'm watching this to procrastinate.
Catalistic :)
Well also maybe you're watching it because you wish you weren't procrastinating
I am very creative with home and outdoor projects. Yet I find myself starting new ones before I actually finish others that were already started. Sometimes I do procrastinate yet I am more concerned as to why I "horde" projects and then feel overwhelmed. I haven't truly found the answer in the few videos I have seen. Just saw you yesterday for the first time.
Brilliant. Mind boggling analysis. Thanks a million.
Wow, Noah, you are sincerely gifted. Thank you for another great video!
Hi noah, man this helped me a lot and I still watch your videos, you rockkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!
sajid Rafiki Glad it helped you Sajid
thank you. thank you. :)
Blue Bird You're welcome Blue Bird
Thank you Noah'
You have inspired me to think differently...
You surely are a well adjusted calm person...
Thank you so very much...
Love to you from me and my beautiful little dog ...🐶☀️😀