Tim Urban, whose research on the procrastinator in all of us has launched his TED Talk to the podium as the 4th most viewed TED Talk of all time, has a humorous answer to this question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When 34-year-old Tim Urban was asked to do a TED Talk in early 2016, he thought and thought about what his topic would be. He realized that after writing a humorous and light-hearted blog post about procrastination on his blog\u00a0Wait But Why<\/a>, he received responses from people who were deeply affected by procrastination.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, what better to write a last-minute TED Talk on than\u2026 procrastination?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n As of the date of writing, his humorous TED Talk discussing the very real impacts of procrastination on our lives is in the fourth most viewed TED Talk of all time, with 58.9 million views. The popularity of this talk is for good reason: its humor and insight are relatable to everyone, and if you let it, can truly improve your life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n We can\u2019t fix a problem if we don\u2019t know what the problem is, and much less so if we don\u2019t even acknowledge that it\u2019s there. When we are conscious of the reasons we are procrastinating on life\u2019s big (and small) circumstances, we can take action to change our feelings and live better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s Tim Urban to tell us more about the funny characters who control our brain, and how understanding them can help us be happier people<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n