Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

2016.09.22 목

TED 강연 3 

Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator 

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3:54

There is a difference. Both brains have a Rational Decision-Maker in them, but the procrastinator's brain also has an Instant Gratification Monkey.

4:11

So the Rational Decision-Maker will make the rational decision to do something productive, but the Monkey doesn't like that plan, so he actually takes the wheel, 

4:57

Now, what is going on here? The Instant Gratification Monkey does not seem like a guy you want behind the wheel. He lives entirely in the present moment. He has no memory of the past, no knowledge of the future, and he only cares about two things: easy and fun.

5:26

We're in an advanced civilization, and the Monkey does not know what that is. Which is why we have another guy in our brain, the Rational Decision-Maker, who gives us the ability to do things no other animal can do. We can visualize the future. We can see the big picture. We can make long-term plans. And he wants to take all of that into account. And he wants to just have us do whatever make makes sense to be doing right now. Now, sometimes it makes sense to be doing things that are easy and fun, like when you're having dinner or going to bed or enjoying well-earned leisure time. That's why there's an overlap. Sometimes they agree. But other times, it makes much more sense to be doing things that are harder and less pleasant, for the sake of the big picture. And that's when we have a conflict. And for the procrastinator, that conflict tends to end a certain way every time, leaving him spending a lot of time in this orange zone, and easy and fun place that's entirely out of the Makes Sense circle. I call it Dark Playground.

12:35

Now, you might not all be a mess, like some of us, and some of you may have a healthy relationship with deadlines, but remember: the Monkey's sneakiest trick is when the deadlines aren't there.

13:02

Now, I want to show you one last thing. I call this a Life Calendar. That's one box for every week of 90-year life. That's not that many boxes, especially since we've already used a bunch of those. So I think we need to all take a long, hard look at that calendar. We need to think about what we're really procrastinating on, because everyone is procrastinating on something in life. We need to stay aware of the Instant Gratification Monkey. That's a job for all of us. And because there's not that many boxes on there, it's a job that should probably start today.

내 생각!

미루는 사람들의 마음 속은 어떨까? 라는 내용이다. 강연하시는 분이 재치있으셔서 지루하지 않게 볼 수 있다. 항상 우리는 마감기한까지 조금씩 꾸준히 계획하지만 실제로는 하루 전 날 과제를 시작해서 밤을 새가며 제출한다. 왜 그럴까? 미루는 사람과 미루지 않고 제 일을 제 시간에 하는 사람의 차이는 무엇일까. 이 강연에서는 미루는 사람과 미루지 않는 사람 모두 Rational Decision-Maker가 있고 미루는 사람에게는 특별히 Instant Gratification Monkey가 있다고 했다. 그리고 이 원숭이를 멈출 수 있는 유일한 것은 Panic Monster다. 으아아. 하지만 이마저도 기한이 있을 때의 이야기. 만약, 기한이 없는 일이라면, Panic Monster는 나오지 않고, 우리는 일을 미루게 된다. 이렇게 계속 해야할 일을 미루다 보면 나중엔 무기력해지고 내 삶의 주인이 내가 아니라 Monkey가 되버릴지도 모른다! 우리는 우리의 인생달력을 봐야하고, 우리가 정작 무엇을 미루고 있는지 살펴봐야한다. 인생은 얼마 남지 않았으니까! 우리는 늘 순간 만족감 원숭이를 조심해야 한다. 

Non-procrastinator - Rational Decision-Maker

Procrastinator - Rational Decision-Maker  +  Instant Gratification Monkey

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procrastinate [동사] (해야 할 일을 보통 하기가 싫어서) 미루다[질질 끌다]

instant [형용사] 즉각적인, [명사] 순간, 아주 짧은 동안

gratification [명사] 만족감[희열] (을 주는 것)

sneaky [형용사] 교활한, 엉큼한

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