How to Beat Procrastination

Summary by Krater

Ali Abdaal shares three key insights from Steven Pressfield's book The War of Art to help overcome procrastination: knowing your enemy resistance, acting like a professional, and banishing the ego.

From the video

Answers: How do you beat procrastination using insights from The War of Art?

• Overcoming procrastination
• Creative resistance
• Professional mindset vs amateur mindset
• Ego vs self
• Goal setting and input goals

What it concludes

• Resistance is the negative force working against us to stop us from doing creative or entrepreneurial things.
• The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
• Professionals show up daily no matter what, work through adversity, are open to criticism, and recognize that facing resistance is a daily battle.
• The ego is focused on external events and status, whereas the self is our deepest form and overcomes resistance.
• Input goals are entirely within our control and reduce procrastination compared to outcome goals which are outside of our control.