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Do you struggle with procrastination?

2024-01-04 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:29 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Personal story · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis, His medical past

In an extract from his book Feel-Good Productivity, Ali recalls failing to break a cycle of procrastination when he first launched his business as a junior doctor, and says greater minds suffered it too: a contemporary saw Leonardo da Vinci go days without touching his brush while painting The Last Supper.

What is said

The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).

00:00:00 — His procrastination as a junior doctor launching a business, and Leonardo da Vinci's

  • ★★ When Ali first launched his business while working as a junior doctor, he could not break free from a cycle of putting things off and scrambling to catch up, however hard he tried. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali says procrastination has plagued much greater minds than his, such as Leonardo da Vinci. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali cites a contemporary who watched Leonardo da Vinci paint The Last Supper: he would go two, three or four days without touching his brush, yet spend several hours a day examining and criticising the figures. — 00:00:00

Mentioned

Central: Leonardo da Vinci

Also: The Last Supper

Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

Also centred on Leonardo da Vinci: Leonardo Da Vinci's Biggest Secret 🤫

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