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1、Day.Date.拖延症群的内世界Inside the mind of a master procrastinatorSo in college,I was a government major,which means I had to write a lot of papers.Now,when a normal student writes a paper,they might spread the work out a little like this.So,you know-you get started maybe a little slowly,but you get enough

2、 done in the first week that,with some heavier days later on,everything gets done,things stay civil.And I would want to do that like that.That would be the plan.上学那会，我是学政务专业的，意味着我得写很多论。当名普通的学写论时，他们也许会像这样，把任务分摊开。所以，你明开始可能有点慢，但是个星期过后已经写了不少，接下来有时写的更多些，最后切搞定，事情不会搞砸。我也想这样。少我的计划是这样。I would have it all rea

3、dy to go,but then,actually,the paper would come along,and then I would kind of do this.And that would happen every single paper.我准备好开始，然，事实上，到写论的时候，我是这么做的。且每次写论都这样。But then came my 90-page senior thesis,a paper youre supposed to spend a year on.And I knew for a paper like that,my normal work flow wa

4、s not an option.It was way too big a project.最后到了写90页毕业论的时候，本应该花年时间去写的论。我知道对于这样篇论来说，我平常的做法不通。毕业论是个项。So I planned things out,and I decided I kind of had to go something like this.This is how the year would go.So Id start off light,and Id bump it up in the middle months,and then at1 秋贤工作室Day.Date.the

5、end,I would kick it up into high gear just like a little staircase.How hard could it be to walk up the stairs?No big deal,right?于是我计划好，决定这么去做。年的作就这么安排。起初少点，中间个持续多点，最后速档全以赴 就像台阶样。爬台阶能有多难？没什么不了的，对吧？But then,the funniest thing happened.Those first few months?They came and went,and I couldnt quite do st

6、uff.So we had an awesome new revised plan.And then-但是接下来，有趣的事发了。起初那个？来了又，我基本没什么。于是就有了这个 很棒的修改计划。再然后.But then those middle months actually went by,and I didnt really write words,and so we were here.And then two months turned into one month,which turned into two weeks.And one day I woke up with three

7、days until the deadline,still not having written a word,and so I did the only thing I could:I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours,pulling not one but two all-nighters-humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters-sprinted across campus,dove in slow motion,and got it in just at the deadline.中间个竟然就这么过去了，我

8、基本上没写个字，所以变成了这样。然后从还有两个到还有个，再到只剩两星期。然后有天我突然意识到 离截期只剩三天了，我还个字都没写呢，于是我做了我唯能做的事：我花了72时写出90页，通宵整整两天赶 不应该连续熬两个通宵 全速穿过校园，慢动作潜，赶在截期之前交了论。I thought that was the end of everything.But a week later I get a call,and its the school.And they say,Is this Tim Urban?And I say,Yeah.And they say,We need to talk about

9、 your thesis.And I say,OK.And they say,Its the best one weve ever seen.That did not happen.It was a very,very bad thesis.I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought,This guy is amazing!2 秋贤工作室Day.Date.我以为切就这么结束了。结果个星期之后我接到通电话，是学校打来的。他们问：“你是蒂姆尔班吗？”我说，“没错”。他们说：“我们得和你 谈下论的事。”我回答，”好“对

10、接着说,这是我们看过最棒的篇论。那并未发。这篇论写得常常烂。我只是想享受下这个时刻，当你们全部以为，“这家伙太了”No,no,it was very,very bad.Anyway,today Im a writer-blogger guy.I write the blog Wait But Why.And a couple of years ago,I decided to write about procrastination.My behavior has always perplexed the non-procrastinators around me,and I wanted to

11、 explain to the non-procrastinators of the world what goes on in the heads of procrastinators,and why we are the way we are.Now,I had a hypothesis that the brains of procrastinators were actually different than the brains of other people.And to test this,I found an MRI lab that actually let me scan

12、both my brain and the brain of a proven non-procrastinator,so I could compare them.I actually brought them here to show you today.I want you to take a look carefully to see if you can notice a difference.不是这样的，那篇论超级烂。不管怎么样，我现在是个博作者。我为“打破砂锅问到底”写博。年前我决定 写篇关于拖延的章。我的拖延为总是让 我边那些不拖延的感到困惑，所以我想向不拖延的解释下 拖延者脑

13、袋到底是怎么想的，还有为什么我们这些拖延者会这样。我的假设是 拖延者的脑 和不拖延者的脑是不同的。为了证明这点，我找到个核磁共振实验室 让我可以扫描的脑 和个经证实不是拖延者的脑，然后我就可以对这两种脑。今天我把它们都带来了。我希望家能认真较 这者之间是否有什么差别。I know that if youre not a trained brain expert,its not that obvious,but just take a look,OK?So heres the brain of a non-procrastinator.我知道家 不是受过训练的脑科专家，看起来可能不明显，但是让我

14、们来看下，好吗？这是个不拖延者的脑。3 秋贤工作室Day.Date.Now.heres my brain.There is a difference.Both brains have a Rational Decision-Maker in them,but the procrastinators brain also has an Instant Gratification Monkey.Now,what does this mean for the procrastinator?Well,it means everythings fine until this happens.This i

15、s a perfect time to get some work done.Nope!现在，这是我的脑。这者之间有个区别。两种脑头 都有个理性的决策制定者，但是拖延者的脑，还有只叫即时满的猴。对拖延者来说这意味着什么呢？它意味着在这件事 发之前切都挺好的。现在是开始活的最佳时机.才不是呢!So the Rational Decision-Maker will make the rational decision to do something productive,but the Monkey doesnt like that plan,so he actually takes the wh

16、eel,and he says,Actually,lets read the entire Wikipedia page of the Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding scandal,because I just remembered that that happened.于是当理性的决策制定者 做出理性的决策，想做些富有成效的事时，猴不想这么做，于是他开始掌控向盘，且他说：“实际上，让我们来读下维基百科上关于 南茜克根/汤妮雅哈丁 的丑闻案吧，因为我刚想起来这件事。Then were going to go over to the fridge,to see if

17、theres anything new in there since 10 minutes ago.After that,were going to go on a YouTube spiral that starts with videos of Richard Feynman talking about magnets and ends much,much later with us watching interviews with Justin Biebers mom.All of thats going to take a while,so were not going to real

18、ly have room on the schedule for any work today.Sorry!然后让我们到冰箱，翻翻看这10分钟以来 有没什么新东西。之后，让我们继续 在视频站上浏览，从理查德费曼 谈磁性的视频开始看，直看到 对贾斯汀伯妈的采访 看到地天荒。“这切都花时间,所以我们今天的程安排 没办法抽空活。很抱歉！“4 秋贤工作室Day.Date.Now,what is going on here?The Instant Gratification Monkey does not seem like a guy you want behind the wheel.He live

19、s 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.这是怎么回事呢？即时满猴似乎不是那个 你想让他操控向盘的。他完全活在当下。他没有过去的记忆，没有对未来的认识，他只关两件事：简单和快乐。Now,in the animal world,that works fine.If youre a dog and you spend your whole life doing noth

20、ing other than easy and fun things,youre a huge success!在动物世界，这样没问题。如果你是条狗，你简单、快乐地度过这，就已经是巨的成功！And to the Monkey,humans are just another animal species.You have to keep well-slept,well-fed and propagating into the next generation,which in tribal times might have worked OK.But,if you havent noticed,n

21、ow were not in tribal times.Were 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

22、make long-term plans.And he wants to take all of that into account.And he wants to just have us do whatever makes sense to be doing right now.对于猴来说，类是另外种动物。你睡好、吃饱、繁殖下代，这么做在部落时代或许没问题。但是，假如你还没注意到，我们现在不是活在部落时代。我们处于个先进的明，猴根本不懂那是什么。这就是为什么我们脑袋还有另外个家伙，理性的决策制定者，他让我们有能去做 其他动物法做到的事情。我们可以预见未来。我们可以顾全局。我们可以做长期打算

23、。且他想把这些都考虑进去。他想让我们做 任何值得现在去做的事。5 秋贤工作室Day.Date.Now,sometimes it makes sense to be doing things that are easy and fun,like when youre having dinner or going to bed or enjoying well-earned leisure time.Thats why theres an overlap.Sometimes they agree.有时做简单快乐的事 是有意义的，如吃饭、睡觉 或者享受应得的休闲时光。这就是为什么即时满猴 和理性的决

24、策制定者之间有重合。有时他们意见致。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 thats 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

25、orange zone,an easy and fun place thats entirely out of the Makes Sense circle.I call it the Dark Playground.但是有时，更有意义的是 去做那些较难 且不那么让享受的事情，这是出于全局的考虑。此时者之间会产冲突。对于拖延者来说，每次冲突都以这种式结束，就是他在橙区域 花费了量时间，这是那个简单又快乐，但是又没有意义的那个区域。我把这区域称为暗的操场。Now,the Dark Playground is a place that all of you procrastinators out

26、there know very well.Its where leisure activities happen at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening.The fun you have in the Dark Playground isnt actually fun,because its completely unearned,and the air is filled with guilt,dread,anxiety,self-hatred-all of those good procrastin

27、ator feelings.And the question is,in this situation,with the Monkey behind the wheel,how does the procrastinator ever get himself over here to this blue zone,a less pleasant place,but where really important things happen?暗的操场是个 所有拖延者都很了解的地。这是在本来不应该休闲的时候 的休闲娱乐的活动场所。在暗的操场得到的快乐 其实并不是快乐，因为它完全是不劳获的，这会带来内

28、疚、恐惧、焦虑、我憎恨 这是所有拖延者的感受。且问题是，在6 秋贤工作室Day.Date.这种情况下，由猴掌控着向盘，怎么能让拖延者把 带去蓝区域那边呢，那边虽然没那么舒适，但是有很多重要的事情要做。Well,turns out the procrastinator has a guardian angel,someone whos always looking down on him and watching over him in his darkest moments-someone called the Panic Monster.其实拖延者有个守护天使，总是看不起他并且看守着他，在那

29、些最暗的时刻 它被称为恐慌怪兽。Now,the Panic Monster is dormant most of the time,but he suddenly wakes up anytime a deadline gets too close or theres danger of public barrassment,a career disaster or some other scary consequence.And importantly,hes the only thing the Monkey is terrified of.Now,he became very relev

30、ant in my life pretty recently,because the people of TED reached out to me about six months ago and invited me to do a TED Talk.恐慌怪兽部分时间都在冬眠，但是截期很靠近的时候 或者处于在公众前出丑的危险中时，或临事业灾难时，或有其他可怕的后果时，它就会突然醒来。且重要的是，他是猴唯害怕的东西。最近在我的活，恐慌怪兽变得相当重要，因为TED的作员 6个之前联络过我，邀请我做次演讲。Now,of course,I said yes.Its always been a dr

31、eam of mine to have done a TED Talk in the past.当然，我答应啦。我以前直梦想着 可以做次TED演讲。But in the middle of all this excitement,the Rational Decision-Maker seemed to have something else on his mind.He was saying,Are we clear on what we just accepted?Do we get whats going to be now happening one day in the future

32、?We need to sit down and work on this right now.And the Monkey said,Totally agree,but lets just open Google Earth and zoom in to the bottom of India,like 200 feet above the ground,and scroll up for two and a half hours til we get to the top of the country,so we can get a better feel for India.7 秋贤工作

33、室Day.Date.但是在这种兴奋中，理性的决策制定者 似乎在想别的事。他会说：“我们清楚刚才答应了什么吗？我们现在具有完成 将来那个任务所需的能吗？我们得坐下来开始活。”猴说：“完全同意，但是让我们打开歌地球 把镜头推进到印度地下200尺，然后花两个半时 向上滚动到这个国家的地表，让我们更好地感受下印度。”So thats what we did that day.As six months turned into four and then two and then one,the people of TED decided to release the speakers.And I op

34、ened up the website,and there was my face staring right back at me.And guess who woke up?So the Panic Monster starts losing his mind,and a few seconds later,the whole systems in mayhem.And the Monkey-remember,hes terrified of the Panic Monster-boom,hes up the tree!And finally,finally,the Rational De

35、cision-Maker can take the wheel and I can start working on the talk.那天我就是这么做的。当6个变成4个，然后2个，然后1个时，TED作员开始发布演讲者。我打开站看到的脸 盯着看。你猜这个时候谁醒了？于是恐慌怪兽开始发疯，秒钟之后，整个系统混乱。猴，还记得吗？他害怕恐慌怪兽 嘣的声，他爬到树上去了！于是终于，理性的决策制定者 终于可以操控向盘，我可以开始准备这次演讲。Now,the Panic Monster explains all kinds of pretty insane procrastinator behavior,

36、like how someone like me could spend two weeks unable to start the opening sentence of a paper,and then miraculously find the unbelievable work ethic to stay up all night and write eight pages.And this entire situation,with the three characters-this is the procrastinators system.Its not pretty,but i

37、n the end,it works.This is what I decided to write about on the blog a couple of years ago.恐慌怪兽的存在解释了 所有这些相当愚蠢的拖延为 就如我这样的花了两个星期 还没办法开始写论的开头语，然后奇迹般地又拥有了 令难以置信的作热情 整晚熬夜写了8页。整个情况中的三种 构建了拖延者的系统。不美好，但是少还有。这是我年前决定在博客写的东西。8 秋贤工作室Day.Date.When I did,I was amazed by the response.And they were all writing,say

38、ing the same thing:I have this problem too.But what struck me was the contrast between the light tone of the post and the heaviness of these emails.These people were writing with intense frustration about what procrastination had done to their lives,about what this Monkey had done to them.And I thou

39、ght about this,and I said,well,if the procrastinators system works,then whats going on?Why are all of these people in such a dark place?发布之后，收到的回应让我吃惊。内容基本上差不多：“我也有这个问题。”但是让我印象深刻的是那种反差，帖的轻松吻和那些邮件的沉重语的反差。这些有强烈的挫败感 因为拖延影响到他们的活，因为猴控制了他们的想法。思考之后，我的问题是 如果拖延者的系统是有效的，那么到底是怎么回事？为什么这些陷 如此灰暗的境地？Well,it turns

40、out that theres two kinds of procrastination.Everything Ive talked about today,the examples Ive given,they all have deadlines.And when theres deadlines,the effects of procrastination are contained to the short term because the Panic Monster gets involved.But theres a second kind of procrastination t

41、hat happens in situations when there is no deadline.So if you wanted a career where youre a self-starter-something in the arts,something entrepreneurial-theres no deadlines on those things at first,because nothings happening,not until youve gone out and done the hard work to get momentum,get things

42、going.Theres also all kinds of important things outside of your career that dont involve any deadlines,like seeing your family or exercising and taking care of your health,working on your relationship or getting out of a relationship that isnt working.结果我发现原来有两种拖延。我今天谈到的，上举过的例 都有截期。有截期的时候，拖延的影响 被限制在

43、个较短的期限内 因为恐慌怪兽会介。但是对于第种拖延来说 它发在没有截期的情况下。如你想创业 或者从事艺术类的作，起初并没有截期，因为在你还没有开始努活之前 不会有任9 秋贤工作室Day.Date.何事情发 没有产推进让事情继续进。除了事业之外那些重要的事情 也没有截期，如看望你的家庭，或者锻炼体保持体健康，努改善恋关系 或者离开段不满意的关系。Now if the procrastinators only mechanism of doing these hard things is the Panic Monster,thats a problem,because in all of the

44、se non-deadline situations,the Panic Monster doesnt show up.He has nothing to wake up for,so the effects of procrastination,theyre not contained;they just extend outward forever.如果拖延者做这些困难的事 只有种机制 即恐慌怪兽，那么问题来了，因为在这些没有截期的情况下，恐慌怪兽根本不会出现。他没有需要醒来的时候，于是拖延的后果是不受限制的，他们只会限延期。And its this long-term kind of p

45、rocrastination thats much less visible and much less talked about than the funnier,short-term deadline-based kind.Its usually suffered quietly and privately.And it can be the source of a huge amount of long-term unhappiness,and regrets.And I thought,thats why those people are emailing,and thats why

46、theyre in such a bad place.Its not that theyre cramming for some project.Its that long-term procrastination has made them feel like a spectator,at times,in their own lives.The frustration is not that they couldnt achieve their dreams;its that they werent even able to start chasing them.这种长期的拖延 起更有趣、

47、更短期、基于截期的那种拖延来说，不那么明显，也不经常被谈论。它通常是安静地、悄悄地影响我们。它可能是 量长期不快乐、内疚的来源。我觉得，这才是那些 发来邮件的原因，这才是他们处于 如此糟糕状况的原因。不是因为他们为了某个项狂赶，是这种长期拖延 使他们感觉在他们的活中 有时好像只是个旁观者。他们的沮丧不是因为 他们法实现的梦想；是他们甚法开始 去追逐的梦想。10 秋贤工作室Day.Date.So I read these emails and I had a little bit of an epiphany-that I dont think non-procrastinators exist

48、.Thats right-I think all of you are procrastinators.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 Monkeys sneakiest trick is when the deadlines arent there.所以读完这些邮件之后，我有点领悟 我认为不存在不拖延的。没错，我认为家都是拖延者。你也许并不是像我们这样，每都团糟，也许有些

49、可以 很好的对截期，但是请记住：猴最卑鄙的伎俩 在于没有截期的部分。Now,I want to show you one last thing.I call this a Life Calendar.Thats one box for every week of a 90-year life.Thats not that many boxes,especially since weve already used a bunch of those.So I think we need to all take a long,hard look at that calendar.We need to

50、 think about what were really procrastinating on,because everyone is procrastinating on something in life.We need to stay aware of the Instant Gratification Monkey.Thats a job for all of us.And because theres not that many boxes on there,its a job that should probably start today.Well,maybe not toda