Codie Sanchez

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Okay, I want to start here today, the equation.

So there's this psychologist named Piers Steele.

He spent two decades reviewing every major piece of research on procrastination.

Then he compressed it all into a formula.

He calls it the procrastination equation.

That's a mouthful, but it's actually fascinating.

It's the closest thing the field has to a unified theory.

And almost nobody outside of academic psychology has heard of it.

So here it is.

Your motivation to do a task equals the expectancy times value divided by impulsiveness times delay.

I know this is a lot, but take a second to look at this and take it in.

So the translation to this is basically, if you're like me and not a psychologist,

You don't start when you don't believe you'll succeed.

That's expectancy is low.

The task doesn't feel meaningful.