Your Brain on Delay
Module 3 of 8, about 55 minutes. What's actually happening neurologically when you stall.
The question: What's actually happening neurologically?
What you'll learn
- Understand the dual-process model of decision-making and how it applies to procrastination
- Recognise the difference between wanting and liking at a neurological level
- Explain temporal discounting and why future consequences feel less real than present comfort
- Evaluate the ego depletion model critically, including the replication concerns
- Apply three evidence-based principles to reduce avoidance behaviour
- Use implementation intentions to bridge the gap between planning and action
- Connect the Delay Decoder tool to the neuroscience of task initiation
What it covers
- Two Brains, One Skull
- The Dopamine Misunderstanding
- Temporal Discounting, The Future Is a Foreign Country
- The Willpower Myth
- Your Neurological Toolkit
Practise it
The Delay Decoder: Module 3's four questions: what you're avoiding, what you feel, which system is winning, and the smallest next action.