Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator | Tim Urban | TED

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Translator: Susana Brandariz Reviewer: Alicia Ferreiro
00:12
So in college,
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Na universidade,
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I was a government major,
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estudei Ciencias Políticas,
00:16
which means I had to write a lot of papers.
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iso significa que tiven que escribir moitos artigos,
00:19
Now, when a normal student writes a paper,
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Cando un estudante normal escribe un artigo,
00:21
they might spread the work out a little like this.
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debe organizar o traballo un pouco así.
00:23
So, you know --
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Xa saben...
(Risas)
00:25
(Laughter)
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00:26
you get started maybe a little slowly,
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Empezas quizais un pouco lento,
00:28
but you get enough done in the first week
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pero fas bastante a primeira semana
00:30
that, with some heavier days later on,
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así, traballando duro uns días máis,
00:32
everything gets done, things stay civil.
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todo estará acabado, todo en orde.
00:34
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
00:35
And I would want to do that like that.
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Encantaríame facelo dese modo.
Ese sería o plan.
00:38
That would be the plan.
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00:39
I would have it all ready to go,
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Teríao todo listo,
00:41
but then, actually, the paper would come along,
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pero despois, chega a hora de escribir o artigo,
00:44
and then I would kind of do this.
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o que realmente fago é isto.
00:46
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
00:48
And that would happen every single paper.
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E iso pasa con tódolos artigos.
00:51
But then came my 90-page senior thesis,
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Entón chegou a tese de 90 páxinas,
00:55
a paper you're supposed to spend a year on.
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un artigo ao que se supón que lle dedicas un ano.
00:57
And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option.
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Sabía que para un traballo así, non era viable o meu ritmo normal.
01:01
It was way too big a project.
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Era un proxecto grande de máis.
01:02
So I planned things out,
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Entón planifiquei todo,
e decidín que debía facer algo coma isto.
01:04
and I decided I kind of had to go something like this.
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01:07
This is how the year would go.
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Así debería ser o ano.
01:09
So I'd start off light,
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Empezaría de forma suave,
01:11
and I'd bump it up in the middle months,
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aumentaría o ritmo nos meses do medio,
01:13
and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear
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e logo, o sprint final
01:16
just like a little staircase.
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como unha pequena escaleira.
01:17
How hard could it be to walk up the stairs?
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Que traballo ía custar subir unha escaleira?
01:20
No big deal, right?
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Non moito, verdade?
Pero entón, pasou algo moi gracioso.
01:23
But then, the funniest thing happened.
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01:24
Those first few months?
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Aqueles primeiros meses?
01:26
They came and went,
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Como viñeron, marcharon,
01:27
and I couldn't quite do stuff.
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e non puiden facer case nada.
01:29
So we had an awesome new revised plan.
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Así que fixen un novo plan axustado.
01:31
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
01:32
And then --
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E despois...
01:33
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
01:35
But then those middle months actually went by,
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Pero os meses do medio tamén pasaron,
01:38
and I didn't really write words,
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e non escribín nin unha palabra,
01:40
and so we were here.
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e aquí estabamos.
01:43
And then two months turned into one month,
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Despois dous meses convertéronse nun,
que se converteu en dúas semanas.
01:46
which turned into two weeks.
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01:47
And one day I woke up
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E un día espertei
01:49
with three days until the deadline,
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e quedaban tres días para a entrega
01:53
still not having written a word,
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e non tiña nada escrito,
01:55
and so I did the only thing I could:
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de modo que fixen o único que podía:
01:57
I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours,
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escribín 90 páxinas en 72 horas,
pasei dúas noites enteiras sen durmir
02:00
pulling not one but two all-nighters --
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02:02
humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters --
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--os humanos non deberiamos pasar dúas noites en vela--
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sprinted across campus,
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corrín polo campus,
02:08
dove in slow motion,
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saltei a cámara lenta,
02:09
and got it in just at the deadline.
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e entreguei a tese xusto no límite.
02:11
I thought that was the end of everything.
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Pensei que con iso acababa todo,
pero unha semana despois
02:14
But a week later I get a call,
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02:15
and it's the school.
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chamáronme da universidade.
02:17
And they say, "Is this Tim Urban?"
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Dixeron: "Tim Urban?"
02:19
And I say, "Yeah."
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Eu dixen: "Si".
02:20
And they say, "We need to talk about your thesis."
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Dixeron: "Temos que falar sobre a súa tese".
02:23
And I say, "OK."
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Eu dixen: "Vale".
02:25
And they say,
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E eles:
02:27
"It's the best one we've ever seen."
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"É a mellor que vimos na vida".
(Risas)
02:29
(Laughter)
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(Aplausos)
02:32
(Applause)
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02:36
That did not happen.
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Iso non ocorreu.
02:38
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
02:40
It was a very, very bad thesis.
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Era unha tese malísima.
(Risas)
02:43
(Laughter)
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02:45
I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought,
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Só quería gozar dese momento en que todos pensaron:
02:49
"This guy is amazing!"
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"Este tipo é incrible!"
02:51
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
02:52
No, no, it was very, very bad.
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Non, non, era malísima.
02:55
Anyway, today I'm a writer-blogger guy.
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En calquera caso, hoxe escribo un blog.
02:58
I write the blog Wait But Why.
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Escribo o blog Wait But Why.
03:00
And a couple of years ago, I decided to write about procrastination.
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E hai un par de anos, decidín escribir sobre a procrastinación.
03:04
My behavior has always perplexed the non-procrastinators around me,
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A miña conduta sempre desconcertou os non procrastinadores do redor,
03:07
and I wanted to explain to the non-procrastinators of the world
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e quería explicarlles aos non procrastinadores do mundo
03:11
what goes on in the heads of procrastinators,
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que pasa pola cabeza dun procrastinador,
03:13
and why we are the way we are.
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e por que somos así.
03:14
Now, I had a hypothesis
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Eu tiña a hipótese
de que o cerebro dos procrastinadores era realmente distinto
03:16
that the brains of procrastinators were actually different
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03:18
than the brains of other people.
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do cerebro do resto da xente.
03:21
And to test this, I found an MRI lab
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Para probalo, encontrei un laboratorio con RMI
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that actually let me scan both my brain
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que me deixou facer unha resonancia do meu cerebro
03:26
and the brain of a proven non-procrastinator,
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e unha do cerebro dun non procrastinador,
para que as puidese comparar.
03:29
so I could compare them.
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03:30
I actually brought them here to show you today.
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E hoxe tróuxenas aquí para mostrárllelas.
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I want you to take a look carefully to see if you can notice a difference.
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Observen con atención a ver se encontran a diferenza.
Se non son expertos en procesos cerebrais,
03:36
I know that if you're not a trained brain expert,
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non é algo tan obvio, pero só observen, de acordo?
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it's not that obvious, but just take a look, OK?
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03:40
So here's the brain of a non-procrastinator.
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Velaquí o cerebro dun non procrastinador.
03:43
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
Agora...
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Now ...
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03:48
here's my brain.
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este é o meu cerebro.
03:50
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
03:55
There is a difference.
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Hai unha diferenza.
03:57
Both brains have a Rational Decision-Maker in them,
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Os dous teñen alguén que toma decisións racionais,
04:00
but the procrastinator's brain
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pero o cerebro do procrastinador
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also has an Instant Gratification Monkey.
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tamén ten un Mono da Gratificación Instantánea.
Que significa isto para o procrastinador?
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Now, what does this mean for the procrastinator?
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04:07
Well, it means everything's fine until this happens.
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Significa que todo está ben ata que pasa isto.
04:09
[This is a perfect time to get some work done.] [Nope!]
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[É o momento ideal para traballar un pouco.] [Non!]
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So the Rational Decision-Maker will make the rational decision
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O Tomador de Decisións Racionais tomará a decisión racional
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to do something productive,
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de facer algo produtivo,
04:17
but the Monkey doesn't like that plan,
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pero ao Mono non lle gusta o plan,
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so he actually takes the wheel,
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por iso colle o temón,
04:20
and he says, "Actually, let's read the entire Wikipedia page
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e di: "Mellor, vamos ler a páxina enteira da Wikipedia
04:23
of the Nancy Kerrigan/ Tonya Harding scandal,
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do escándalo Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding,
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because I just remembered that that happened.
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porque xusto me acabo de lembrar diso.
(Risas)
04:28
(Laughter)
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Entón...
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Then --
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04:30
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
04:31
Then we're going to go over to the fridge,
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Despois imos ir á neveira,
para ver se hai algo novo alí desde os últimos 10 minutos.
04:33
to see if there's anything new in there since 10 minutes ago.
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Logo, imos entrar nunha espiral de YouTube
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After that, we're going to go on a YouTube spiral
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que comeza con vídeos de Richard Feynman falando de imáns
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that starts with videos of Richard Feynman talking about magnets
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04:42
and ends much, much later with us watching interviews
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e remata moitísimo despois mirando entrevistas
da nai de Justin Bieber.
04:45
with Justin Bieber's mom.
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(Risas)
04:47
(Laughter)
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04:49
"All of that's going to take a while,
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"Todo iso vai levar un anaco,
así que non imos ter tempo de facer ningún traballo hoxe.
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so we're not going to really have room on the schedule for any work today.
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04:54
Sorry!"
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Síntoo!"
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(Sigh)
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(Suspira)
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Now, what is going on here?
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Pero, que está pasando aquí?
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The Instant Gratification Monkey does not seem like a guy
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O Mono da Gratificación Instantánea non parece ser o tipo
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you want behind the wheel.
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que queremos ter ao timón.
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He lives entirely in the present moment.
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Vive totalmente o momento actual.
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He has no memory of the past, no knowledge of the future,
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Non ten memoria do pasado, non coñece o futuro,
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and he only cares about two things:
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e só lle importan dúas cousas:
o fácil e o divertido.
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easy and fun.
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05:16
Now, in the animal world, that works fine.
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No mundo animal iso funciona.
05:19
If you're a dog
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Se es un can
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and you spend your whole life doing nothing other than easy and fun things,
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e pasas toda a vida facendo só cousas fáciles e divertidas,
tes un éxito enorme!
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you're a huge success!
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05:25
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
05:27
And to the Monkey,
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E para o Mono,
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humans are just another animal species.
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os humanos somos só outra especie animal.
Tes que durmir ben, comer ben e propagarte na seguinte xeración.
05:32
You have to keep well-slept, well-fed and propagating into the next generation,
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05:36
which in tribal times might have worked OK.
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Isto en tempos tribais pode que funcionase ben.
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But, if you haven't noticed, now we're not in tribal times.
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Pero, por se non o notaron, non estamos nos tempos tribais.
05:41
We're in an advanced civilization, and the Monkey does not know what that is.
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Estamos nunha civilización avanzada, e o Mono non sabe que é iso.
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Which is why we have another guy in our brain,
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Por iso temos outro tipo no noso cerebro,
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the Rational Decision-Maker,
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o Tomador de Decisións Racionais,
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who gives us the ability to do things no other animal can do.
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que nos permite facer cousas que ningún outro animal pode.
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We can visualize the future.
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Podemos visualizar o futuro.
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We can see the big picture.
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Podemos ver as cousas en perspectiva.
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We can make long-term plans.
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Facer plans a longo prazo.
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And he wants to take all of that into account.
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E esta parte quere ter todo iso en conta.
E quere que fagamos
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And he wants to just have us do
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06:03
whatever makes sense to be doing right now.
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o que teña sentido facer xusto agora.
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Now, sometimes it makes sense
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Ás veces ten sentido
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to be doing things that are easy and fun,
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facer cousas fáciles e divertidas,
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like when you're having dinner or going to bed
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como cear ou ir durmir,
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or enjoying well-earned leisure time.
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ou gozar dun merecido descanso.
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That's why there's an overlap.
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Por iso hai un solapamento.
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Sometimes they agree.
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Ás veces están de acordo.
06:17
But other times, it makes much more sense
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pero outras veces, ten moito máis sentido
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to be doing things that are harder and less pleasant,
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facer cousas máis difíciles e menos pracenteiras,
polo ben da perspectiva.
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for the sake of the big picture.
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06:25
And that's when we have a conflict.
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E aí é cando se xera o conflito.
Para o procrastinador,
06:28
And for the procrastinator,
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06:29
that conflict tends to end a certain way every time,
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ese conflito adoita rematar sempre da mesma maneira,
06:31
leaving him spending a lot of time in this orange zone,
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pasando unha morea de tempo nesta zona laranxa,
06:35
an easy and fun place that's entirely out of the Makes Sense circle.
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un lugar fácil e divertido totalmente fóra do círculo da Lóxica.
06:39
I call it the Dark Playground.
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Eu chámolle o Patio Escuro.
06:42
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
06:43
Now, the Dark Playground is a place
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O Patio Escuro é un lugar
que todos os procrastinadores coñecedes moi ben.
06:47
that all of you procrastinators out there know very well.
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06:50
It's where leisure activities happen
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Alí teñen lugar actividades de ocio
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at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening.
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en momentos nos que non deberían ter lugar.
06:56
The fun you have in the Dark Playground
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A diversión que se obtén no Patio Escuro
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isn't actually fun, because it's completely unearned,
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non é diversión real, porque é totalmente inmerecida,
07:00
and the air is filled with guilt, dread, anxiety, self-hatred --
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e o aire está cargado de culpa, temor, ansiedade, auto odio...
todos os sentimentos do bo procrastinador.
07:04
all of those good procrastinator feelings.
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07:06
And the question is, in this situation, with the Monkey behind the wheel,
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E a pregunta é: nesta situación, co Mono ao timón,
como é que o procrastinador consegue chegar a esta zona azul,
07:10
how does the procrastinator ever get himself over here to this blue zone,
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07:13
a less pleasant place, but where really important things happen?
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un lugar menos pracenteiro pero onde ocorre o realmente importante?
Pois, resulta que o procrastinador ten un anxo da garda,
07:17
Well, turns out the procrastinator has a guardian angel,
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07:22
someone who's always looking down on him and watching over him
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alguén que sempre o vixía e vela por el
07:25
in his darkest moments --
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nos momentos máis escuros...
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someone called the Panic Monster.
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alguén chamado o Monstro do Pánico.
07:28
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
07:34
Now, the Panic Monster is dormant most of the time,
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O Monstro do Pánico está durmido a maior parte do tempo,
07:39
but he suddenly wakes up anytime a deadline gets too close
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pero acorda de súpeto sempre que se aproxima o fin dun prazo
07:43
or there's danger of public embarrassment,
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ou hai perigo de vergonza pública,
07:45
a career disaster or some other scary consequence.
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un desastre na carreira ou outra consecuencia aterradora.
07:47
And importantly, he's the only thing the Monkey is terrified of.
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E, o máis importante, é a única cousa da que ten medo o Mono.
07:51
Now, he became very relevant in my life pretty recently,
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Volveuse moi relevante na miña vida recentemente,
07:56
because the people of TED reached out to me about six months ago
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porque a xente de TED contactou comigo hai uns seis meses
07:59
and invited me to do a TED Talk.
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e invitoume a dar unha charla TED.
08:01
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
E, claro, dixen que si.
08:07
Now, of course, I said yes.
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08:08
It's always been a dream of mine to have done a TED Talk in the past.
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Para min sempre foi un soño ter dado unha charla TED no pasado.
08:12
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
08:16
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
08:24
But in the middle of all this excitement,
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Pero no medio de toda esta euforia,
08:26
the Rational Decision-Maker seemed to have something else on his mind.
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o Tomador de Decisións Racionais parecía ter outra cousa en mente.
08:29
He was saying, "Are we clear on what we just accepted?
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Dicía: "Temos claro o que acabamos de aceptar?
Entendemos o que vai ocorrer un destes días no futuro?
08:32
Do we get what's going to be now happening one day in the future?
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08:35
We need to sit down and work on this right now."
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Hai que sentarse e traballar nisto agora mesmo".
08:37
And the Monkey said, "Totally agree, but let's just open Google Earth
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E o Mono dicía: "Totalmente de acordo, pero só imos abrir Google Earth,
08:40
and zoom in to the bottom of India, like 200 feet above the ground,
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e facer zoom ata o fondo da India, como a uns 60 metros do solo,
e subir durante dúas horas e media ata chegar á cima do país,
08:44
and scroll up for two and a half hours til we get to the top of the country,
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08:47
so we can get a better feel for India."
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para ter un mellor coñecemento da India".
08:49
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
Iso foi o que fixemos ese día.
08:55
So that's what we did that day.
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08:56
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
09:00
As six months turned into four and then two and then one,
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A medida que seis meses pasaban a catro, e logo a dous e logo a un,
09:04
the people of TED decided to release the speakers.
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o equipo de TED decidiu anunciar os oradores.
09:07
And I opened up the website, and there was my face
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E eu abrín a páxina web e alí estaba a miña cara mirándome.
09:10
staring right back at me.
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09:11
And guess who woke up?
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E adiviñan quen espertou?
09:13
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
09:17
So the Panic Monster starts losing his mind,
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Entón, o Monstro do Pánico comeza a perder a cabeza,
09:19
and a few seconds later, the whole system's in mayhem.
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e uns segundos máis tarde, todo o sistema entra en caos.
09:22
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
09:27
And the Monkey -- remember, he's terrified of the Panic Monster --
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E o Mono -lembren que ten un medo inmenso do Monstro do Pánico-
09:30
boom, he's up the tree!
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bum! chimpa para a árbore!
09:31
And finally,
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E, finalmente,
09:32
finally, the Rational Decision-Maker can take the wheel
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o Tomador de Decisións Racionais pode coller o timón,
09:35
and I can start working on the talk.
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e eu podo comezar a traballar na charla.
09:37
Now, the Panic Monster explains
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O Monstro do Pánico explica
09:39
all kinds of pretty insane procrastinator behavior,
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todo tipo de comportamentos absurdos do procrastinador,
explica como alguén coma min pode pasar 2 semanas
09:43
like how someone like me could spend two weeks
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09:45
unable to start the opening sentence of a paper,
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sen conseguir escribir a frase inicial dun artigo,
09:49
and then miraculously find the unbelievable work ethic
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e logo atopa milagrosamente unha ética de traballo incrible
09:52
to stay up all night and write eight pages.
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para estar en pé toda a noite e escribir oito páxinas.
09:56
And this entire situation, with the three characters --
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Toda esta situación, cos tres personaxes...
09:59
this is the procrastinator's system.
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é o sistema do procrastinador.
Non é marabilloso, pero ao final, funciona.
10:02
It's not pretty, but in the end, it works.
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10:05
This is what I decided to write about on the blog a couple of years ago.
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Sobre isto decidín escribir no blog hai un par de anos.
10:09
When I did, I was amazed by the response.
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Cando o fixen, abraioume a resposta.
10:12
Literally thousands of emails came in,
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Recibín literalmente miles de correos,
10:14
from all different kinds of people from all over the world,
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de todo tipo de persoas de todo o mundo,
10:17
doing all different kinds of things.
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que facían todo tipo de cousas.
10:19
These are people who were nurses, bankers, painters, engineers
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Había enfermeiros, banqueiros, pintores, enxeñeiros
10:22
and lots and lots of PhD students.
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e unha morea de estudantes de doutoramento.
10:24
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
10:26
And they were all writing, saying the same thing:
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Todos escribían dicindo o mesmo:
"Tamén teño ese problema".
10:29
"I have this problem too."
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Pero o que me chocou foi o contraste entre o ton superficial do que publiquei
10:31
But what struck me was the contrast between the light tone of the post
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10:34
and the heaviness of these emails.
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e a melancolía dos correos.
10:36
These people were writing with intense frustration
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Estas persoas escribían cunha frustración intensa
sobre os efectos da procrastinación nas súas vidas,
10:40
about what procrastination had done to their lives,
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10:42
about what this Monkey had done to them.
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sobre os efectos do Mono nas súas vidas.
10:46
And I thought about this, and I said,
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E pensei nisto, e dixen para min:
10:49
well, if the procrastinator's system works, then what's going on?
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Se o sistema do procrastinador funciona, entón que está pasando?
Por que todas estas persoas están tan deprimidas?
10:53
Why are all of these people in such a dark place?
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10:55
Well, it turns out that there's two kinds of procrastination.
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Pois resulta que hai dous tipos de procrastinación.
10:59
Everything I've talked about today, the examples I've given,
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Todo o que expliquei hoxe, os exemplos que dei,
11:02
they all have deadlines.
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todos teñen prazos.
E cando hai prazos,
11:04
And when there's deadlines,
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os efectos da procrastinación están acoutados na curta duración
11:05
the effects of procrastination are contained to the short term
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porque o Monstro do Pánico intervén.
11:08
because the Panic Monster gets involved.
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Pero hai outro tipo de procrastinación
11:10
But there's a second kind of procrastination
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que acontece en situacións nas que non hai un prazo límite.
11:12
that happens in situations when there is no deadline.
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11:14
So if you wanted a career where you're a self-starter --
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Por iso, se alguén quere unha carreira independente
11:17
something in the arts, something entrepreneurial --
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--algunha cousa artística ou emprendedora--
11:19
there's no deadlines on those things at first, because nothing's happening,
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non hai prazos nesas cousas ao principio, porque non pasa nada,
11:23
not until you've gone out and done the hard work
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ata que se sae fóra e se fai o traballo duro
11:25
to get momentum, get things going.
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para coller pulo e mover as cousas.
11:27
There's also all kinds of important things outside of your career
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Tamén hai cousas importantes fóra da carreira
11:30
that don't involve any deadlines,
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que non teñen prazos,
como visitar a familia, facer exercicio e coidar da saúde,
11:32
like seeing your family or exercising and taking care of your health,
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11:35
working on your relationship
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ocuparse dunha relación
11:36
or getting out of a relationship that isn't working.
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ou rematar unha relación que non funciona.
11:39
Now if the procrastinator's only mechanism of doing these hard things
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Pero se o único mecanismo do procrastinador para facer estas cousas
11:44
is the Panic Monster, that's a problem,
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é o Monstro do Pánico, hai un problema,
11:46
because in all of these non-deadline situations,
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porque en todas estas situacións sen prazos,
11:49
the Panic Monster doesn't show up.
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non aparece o Monstro do Pánico.
Non ten motivos para espertar,
11:51
He has nothing to wake up for,
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11:52
so the effects of procrastination, they're not contained;
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por iso os efectos da procrastinación non se acoutan;
11:55
they just extend outward forever.
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simplemente se prolongan para sempre.
11:57
And it's this long-term kind of procrastination
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E esta procrastinación de longa duración
12:00
that's much less visible and much less talked about
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é menos visible e menos comentada
12:03
than the funnier, short-term deadline-based kind.
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ca a divertida, a de curta duración, a que ten prazos.
12:06
It's usually suffered quietly and privately.
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Polo xeral padécese en silencio e en privado.
12:10
And it can be the source
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E pode ser a fonte
12:11
of a huge amount of long-term unhappiness, and regrets.
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dunha inmensa infelicidade a longo prazo e de remorsos.
12:16
And I thought, that's why those people are emailing,
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E, pensei, por iso me escribían todas aquelas persoas,
12:19
and that's why they're in such a bad place.
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e por iso se sentían tan mal.
12:21
It's not that they're cramming for some project.
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Non se trata de que estean apurados con algún proxecto.
12:24
It's that long-term procrastination has made them feel like a spectator,
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É que a procrastinación de longa duración fainos sentir coma espectadores,
12:28
at times, in their own lives.
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ás veces, das súas propias vidas.
12:30
The frustration is not that they couldn't achieve their dreams;
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A frustración non vén de que non poidan alcanzar os seus soños;
12:33
it's that they weren't even able to start chasing them.
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senón do feito de non poder sequera comezar a perseguilos.
12:36
So I read these emails and I had a little bit of an epiphany --
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Por iso, ao ler estes correos tiven unha pequena epifanía...
12:42
that I don't think non-procrastinators exist.
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non creo que existan os non procrastinadores.
12:45
That's right -- I think all of you are procrastinators.
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Así é... Penso que todos vostedes son procrastinadores.
12:49
Now, you might not all be a mess,
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Pode que non sexan todos un desastre,
12:51
like some of us,
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coma algúns de nós,
12:53
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
12:54
and some of you may have a healthy relationship with deadlines,
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e algúns de vostedes pode que teñan unha relación saudable cos prazos,
pero lembren: a trampa máis raposeira do Mono
12:58
but remember: the Monkey's sneakiest trick
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13:00
is when the deadlines aren't there.
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é cando os prazos non existen.
13:03
Now, I want to show you one last thing.
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Agora quero mostrarlles unha última cousa.
13:05
I call this a Life Calendar.
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A isto chámolle Calendario da Vida.
13:08
That's one box for every week of a 90-year life.
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Hai unha caixa por cada semana dunha vida de 90 anos.
13:13
That's not that many boxes,
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Non son tantas caixas,
13:14
especially since we've already used a bunch of those.
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sobre todo porque xa usamos unha morea delas.
13:18
So I think we need to all take a long, hard look at that calendar.
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Creo que todos temos que mirar con moita atención este calendario.
13:24
We need to think about what we're really procrastinating on,
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Precisamos pensar sobre as cousas que estamos procrastinando,
porque todos procrastinamos cousas na vida.
13:28
because everyone is procrastinating on something in life.
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13:32
We need to stay aware of the Instant Gratification Monkey.
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Temos que estar atentos ao Mono da Gratificación Instantánea.
13:37
That's a job for all of us.
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É unha tarefa para todos nós.
13:40
And because there's not that many boxes on there,
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E visto que non quedan tantas caixas por diante,
13:42
it's a job that should probably start today.
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é un traballo que, probablemente, debería comezar hoxe.
13:45
Well, maybe not today, but ...
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Ben, quizais non hoxe, pero...
13:48
(Laughter)
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(Risas)
13:49
You know.
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Xa saben...
13:51
Sometime soon.
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En breve.
13:53
Thank you.
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Grazas.
13:54
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
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