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

Prevoditelj: Anja Kolobarić Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

So in college,

Studirao sam

I was a government major,

političke znanosti

which means I had to write a lot of papers.

i morao sam pisati puno seminarskih radova.

Now, when a normal student writes a paper,

Kada normalan student piše seminarrski rad,

they might spread the work out a little like this.

uglavnom ga ovako priprema.

So, you know --

Znate --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

you get started maybe a little slowly,

možda počnete polako,

but you get enough done in the first week

no dovoljno toga napravite u prvom tjednu

that, with some heavier days later on,

da kad dođe vrijeme da ga predate,

everything gets done, things stay civil.

ipak ga uspijete dovršiti.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And I would want to do that like that.

I ja sam želio biti takav.

That would be the plan.

To mi je bio plan.

I would have it all ready to go,

Sve bih pripremio,

but then, actually, the paper would come along,

ali kada bi došao red na seminarski rad,

and then I would kind of do this.

dogodilo bi se ovo.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And that would happen every single paper.

I tako sa svakim radom.

But then came my 90-page senior thesis,

Tada je došao red na moj diplomski rad od 90 stranica

a paper you're supposed to spend a year on.

na kojem bi trebalo raditi godinu dana.

And I knew for a paper like that, my normal work flow was not an option.

Za takav rad moj uobičajeni radni stil ne dolazi u obzir.

It was way too big a project.

Bio je to prevelik projekt,

So I planned things out,

pa sam sve isplanirao

and I decided I kind of had to go something like this.

i odlučio da ću ovako postupiti.

This is how the year would go.

Ovako sam isplanirao godinu.

So I'd start off light,

Započeo bih polako,

and I'd bump it up in the middle months,

zapeo tijekom središnjih mjeseci,

and then at the end, I would kick it up into high gear

a pred kraj bih ubacio u petu brzinu,

just like a little staircase.

poput stepenica.

How hard could it be to walk up the stairs?

Pa nije teško penjati se stepenicama!

No big deal, right?

Ništa strašno, zar ne?

But then, the funniest thing happened.

No tada se dogodilo nešto jako čudno.

Those first few months?

Onih prvih par mjeseci?

They came and went,

Došli su i prošli

and I couldn't quite do stuff.

i nisam se ničega primio.

So we had an awesome new revised plan.

Zato sam imao super novi plan.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And then --

I onda --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But then those middle months actually went by,

No onda su oni središnji mjeseci prošli

and I didn't really write words,

bez da sam ja išta napisao

and so we were here.

i našao sam se ovdje.

And then two months turned into one month,

Dva mjeseca pretvoriše se u jedan,

which turned into two weeks.

a on se pretvorio u dva tjedna.

And one day I woke up

Jednog sam se dana probudio

with three days until the deadline,

s još samo tri dana do roka

still not having written a word,

i još nisam napisao nijednu riječ,

and so I did the only thing I could:

pa sam učinio jedino što sam mogao:

I wrote 90 pages over 72 hours,

napisao sam 90 stranica u 72 sata,

pulling not one but two all-nighters --

proveo dvije besane noći --

humans are not supposed to pull two all-nighters --

ljudi ne bi smjeli probdjeti dvije noći zaredom --

sprinted across campus,

letio sam kampusom

dove in slow motion,

i kao na usporenoj snimci

and got it in just at the deadline.

predao rad točno prije isteka roka.

I thought that was the end of everything.

Mislio sam da je to to.

But a week later I get a call,

Tjedan dana kasnije primih poziv

and it's the school.

od fakulteta.

And they say, "Is this Tim Urban?"

Pitali su, "Je li to Tim Urban?"

And I say, "Yeah."

Odgovorih, "Da."

And they say, "We need to talk about your thesis."

Uzvratiše: "Moramo popričati o vašem radu."

And I say, "OK."

Odgovorih: "U redu."

And they say,

Uzvratiše:

"It's the best one we've ever seen."

Nikad nismo pročitali bolji rad.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

That did not happen.

To se nije stvarno dogodilo.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

It was a very, very bad thesis.

Bio je to jako loš rad.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I just wanted to enjoy that one moment when all of you thought,

Samo sam htio uživati u trenutku u kojem ste svi vi pomislili

"This guy is amazing!"

kako sam nevjerojatan.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

No, no, it was very, very bad.

Ne, bio je užasan.

Anyway, today I'm a writer-blogger guy.

Uglavnom, danas sam pisac i bloger.

I write the blog Wait But Why.

Pišem blog pod imenom Čekaj, zašto?

And a couple of years ago, I decided to write about procrastination.

Prije nekoliko godina odlučio sam pisati o odlaganju obveza.

My behavior has always perplexed the non-procrastinators around me,

Moje je ponašanje uvijek čudilo one koji nisu poput mene

and I wanted to explain to the non-procrastinators of the world

i htio sam objasniti svim ljudima koji svoje obveze izvršavaju na vrijeme

what goes on in the heads of procrastinators,

što se događa u umovima nas koji to ne činimo

and why we are the way we are.

i zašto smo takvi kakvi jesmo.

Now, I had a hypothesis

Moja je hipoteza glasila:

that the brains of procrastinators were actually different

mozgovi majstora u odlaganju obveza drugačiji su

than the brains of other people.

od mozgova drugih ljudi.

And to test this, I found an MRI lab

Našao sam laboratorij za MR da ispitam hipotezu

that actually let me scan both my brain

i dozvolili su mi da skeniram i svoj mozak

and the brain of a proven non-procrastinator,

i mozak osobe koja dokazano sve obavlja na vrijeme,

so I could compare them.

za usporedbu.

I actually brought them here to show you today.

Donio sam ih ovdje da vam ih pokažem.

I want you to take a look carefully to see if you can notice a difference.

Pažljivo gledajte primjećujete li što.

I know that if you're not a trained brain expert,

Znam da niste stručni po pitanju mozga,

it's not that obvious, but just take a look, OK?

nije to tako očito, ali samo pogledajte.

So here's the brain of a non-procrastinator.

Ovo je mozak osobe koja sve radi na vrijeme.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Now ...

A ovo...

here's my brain.

ovo je moj mozak.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

There is a difference.

Postoji razlika.

Both brains have a Rational Decision-Maker in them,

U oba mozga netko donosi racionalne odluke,

but the procrastinator's brain

ali u mozgu odlagivača

also has an Instant Gratification Monkey.

imamo i Majmunčića koji traži trenutno zadovoljenje potreba.

Now, what does this mean for the procrastinator?

Što to znači za odlagivača?

Well, it means everything's fine until this happens.

Znači to da je sve u redu dok se ne dogodi ovo.

[This is a perfect time to get some work done.] [Nope!]

[Idealno je vrijeme da nešto radimo.] [Bome nije!]

So the Rational Decision-Maker will make the rational decision

Gospodin Racionalni donijet će racionalnu odluku

to do something productive,

da radi nešto produktivno,

but the Monkey doesn't like that plan,

ali Majmunčiću se taj plan baš i ne sviđa,

so he actually takes the wheel,

pa preuzima kormilo

and he says, "Actually, let's read the entire Wikipedia page

i govori: 'ajmo radije pročitati Wikipedijin članak

of the Nancy Kerrigan/ Tonya Harding scandal,

o skandalu između N. Kerrigan i T. Harding

because I just remembered that that happened.

jer sam se, evo baš sjetio da se to dogodilo.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Then --

Zatim --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Then we're going to go over to the fridge,

Zatim ćemo zaviriti u frižider

to see if there's anything new in there since 10 minutes ago.

da vidimo je li se u zadnjih 10 minuta štogod promijenilo.

After that, we're going to go on a YouTube spiral

Nakon toga prepustit ćemo se bespućima YouTubea,

that starts with videos of Richard Feynman talking about magnets

počevši od videa Richarda Feynmana u kojem govori o magnetima

and ends much, much later with us watching interviews

da bismo završili na intervjuima

with Justin Bieber's mom.

s majkom Justina Biebera.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

"All of that's going to take a while,

"To će potrajati,

so we're not going to really have room on the schedule for any work today.

pa nam neće ostati vremena za produktivnost.

Sorry!"

Pardon!"

(Sigh)

(Uzdah)

Now, what is going on here?

Što se sad događa?

The Instant Gratification Monkey does not seem like a guy

Ovaj Majmunčić ne čini se kao netko

you want behind the wheel.

tko bi trebao upravljati.

He lives entirely in the present moment.

On u potpunosti živi u sadašnjosti,

He has no memory of the past, no knowledge of the future,

ne sjeća se prošlosti, ne zna za budućnost

and he only cares about two things:

i zanimaju ga samo dvije stvari:

easy and fun.

jednostavnost i zabava,

Now, in the animal world, that works fine.

što je i u redu u životinjskom svijetu.

If you're a dog

Ako ste pas

and you spend your whole life doing nothing other than easy and fun things,

i cijeli svoj život provodite ne radeći ništa osim lakih i zabavnih stvari,

you're a huge success!

uspjeli ste u životu!

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And to the Monkey,

Za Majmunčića

humans are just another animal species.

ljudi su tek još jedna životinjska vrsta.

You have to keep well-slept, well-fed and propagating into the next generation,

Morate biti naspavani, siti i stvarati novu generaciju,

which in tribal times might have worked OK.

što je u vremenima plemena možda i funkcioniralo,

But, if you haven't noticed, now we're not in tribal times.

no, ako niste primijetili, ovo nisu ta vremena.

We're in an advanced civilization, and the Monkey does not know what that is.

Nalazimo se u naprednoj civilizaciji, a Majmunčić ne zna što je to.

Which is why we have another guy in our brain,

Zato u mozgu imamo ovog drugog momka

the Rational Decision-Maker,

koji donosi racionalne odluke

who gives us the ability to do things no other animal can do.

i omogućava da činimo ono što nijedna druga životinja ne može.

We can visualize the future.

Možemo zamišljati budućnost,

We can see the big picture.

vidjeti širu sliku,

We can make long-term plans.

donositi dugoročne planove

And he wants to take all of that into account.

i želi da sve to uzmemo u obzir

And he wants to just have us do

i da činimo

whatever makes sense to be doing right now.

ono što ima smisla činiti u ovom trenutku.

Now, sometimes it makes sense

Nekada ima smisla

to be doing things that are easy and fun,

činiti jednostavne i zabavne stvari,

like when you're having dinner or going to bed

kao kad večerate, spremate se na počinak,

or enjoying well-earned leisure time.

uživate u zasluženom slobodnom vremenu.

That's why there's an overlap.

Tu se ove stvari preklapaju,

Sometimes they agree.

nekad se slažu,

But other times, it makes much more sense

ali nekada ima puno više smisla

to be doing things that are harder and less pleasant,

raditi teže i manje ugodne stvari

for the sake of the big picture.

da bi nam kasnije bilo bolje.

And that's when we have a conflict.

Tada se javlja konflikt.

And for the procrastinator,

Za odlagivača

that conflict tends to end a certain way every time,

taj konflikt u većini slučajeva završi na način

leaving him spending a lot of time in this orange zone,

da provodi puno vremena u ovoj narančastoj zoni

an easy and fun place that's entirely out of the Makes Sense circle.

koja je lako i zabavno mjesto potpuno izvan kruga postupaka koji imaju smisla,

I call it the Dark Playground.

a ja ga nazivam Igralištem sjena.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Now, the Dark Playground is a place

Igralište sjena mjesto je

that all of you procrastinators out there know very well.

koje svi vi odlagivači obveza jako dobro poznajete.

It's where leisure activities happen

Tu se odvijaju slobodnovremenske aktivnosti

at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening.

u vrijeme koje nije namijenjeno za njih.

The fun you have in the Dark Playground

Zabava koju vam pruža Igralište sjena

isn't actually fun, because it's completely unearned,

nije zaista zabava jer je potpuno nezaslužena

and the air is filled with guilt, dread, anxiety, self-hatred --

i osjećate krivicu, strepnju, nervozu, samoprezir --

all of those good procrastinator feelings.

sve te osjećaje namijenjene lijenčinama.

And the question is, in this situation, with the Monkey behind the wheel,

U ovoj situaciji, s Majmunčićem za kormilom, pitanje glasi:

how does the procrastinator ever get himself over here to this blue zone,

kako da lijenčina dođe u plavu zonu,

a less pleasant place, but where really important things happen?

manje ugodno mjesto na kojem se odvijaju važne stvari?

Well, turns out the procrastinator has a guardian angel,

Po svemu sudeći, lijenčina ima anđela čuvara

someone who's always looking down on him and watching over him

koji na njega pazi

in his darkest moments --

i u najmračnijim trenutcima --

someone called the Panic Monster.

Čudovišnog paničara.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Now, the Panic Monster is dormant most of the time,

Čudovišni paničar većinu vremena provodi u stanju mirovanja,

but he suddenly wakes up anytime a deadline gets too close

ali iznenada se probudi svaki put kad se krajnji rok previše približi,

or there's danger of public embarrassment,

u slučaju opasnosti od javnog sramoćenja,

a career disaster or some other scary consequence.

poslovne katastrofe ili druge strašne posljedice.

And importantly, he's the only thing the Monkey is terrified of.

Što je najbitnije, on je jedino čega se Majmunčić boji.

Now, he became very relevant in my life pretty recently,

Nedavno je u mom životu postao prilično bitan

because the people of TED reached out to me about six months ago

jer su mi se ljudi s TED-a javili prije šest mjeseci

and invited me to do a TED Talk.

i pozvali me da održim govor.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Now, of course, I said yes.

Naravno da sam pristao,

It's always been a dream of mine to have done a TED Talk in the past.

oduvijek sam sanjao o tome da sam u prošlosti održao TED-govor.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

But in the middle of all this excitement,

Usred ovog uzbuđenja,

the Rational Decision-Maker seemed to have something else on his mind.

dio zadužen za donošenje racionalnih odluka imao je nešto drugo na umu

He was saying, "Are we clear on what we just accepted?

i upitao je: "Shvaćamo li na što smo pristali.

Do we get what's going to be now happening one day in the future?

Shvaćamo li što će se dogoditi u skoroj budućnosti?

We need to sit down and work on this right now."

Moramo sjesti i odmah raditi na tome."

And the Monkey said, "Totally agree, but let's just open Google Earth

Majmunčić reče: "Potpuno se slažem, al' 'ajd da otvorimo Google Earth

and zoom in to the bottom of India, like 200 feet above the ground,

i zumiramo donji dio Indije, 60-ak metara iznad površine

and scroll up for two and a half hours til we get to the top of the country,

i mičemo mišem dva i pol sata dok ne dođemo do gornjeg dijela

so we can get a better feel for India."

da bolje shvatimo Indiju."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So that's what we did that day.

I tako je prošao i taj dan.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

As six months turned into four and then two and then one,

Kako se šest mjeseci topilo u četiri, pa u dva pa u jedan,

the people of TED decided to release the speakers.

TED-ovci odlučiše objaviti popis govornika.

And I opened up the website, and there was my face

Otvorio sam stranicu i ugledao svoje lice

staring right back at me.

kako me gleda.

And guess who woke up?

I znate li tko se tada probudio?

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

So the Panic Monster starts losing his mind,

Čudovišni paničar je odlijepio

and a few seconds later, the whole system's in mayhem.

i za nekoliko sekundi cijeli je sustav bio u kaosu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And the Monkey -- remember, he's terrified of the Panic Monster --

Majmunčić, sjećate se, smrtno se boji Čudovišnog paničara,

boom, he's up the tree!

pa je pobjegao na drvo.

And finally,

Konačno,

finally, the Rational Decision-Maker can take the wheel

konačno je Gospodin Racionalni preuzeo kormilo,

and I can start working on the talk.

pa sam mogao početi raditi na govoru.

Now, the Panic Monster explains

Čudovišni paničar objašnjava

all kinds of pretty insane procrastinator behavior,

kojekakve lude obrasce ponašanja jednog majstora u odlaganju obveza,

like how someone like me could spend two weeks

kao npr. kako netko poput mene dva tjedna

unable to start the opening sentence of a paper,

nije u stanju napisati uvodnu rečenicu

and then miraculously find the unbelievable work ethic

da bi iznenada u sebi našao nevjerojatnu radnu etiku

to stay up all night and write eight pages.

koja mu omogućava da probdije cijelu noć pišući osam stranica.

And this entire situation, with the three characters --

Cijela ova situacija s tri glavna lika

this is the procrastinator's system.

čine sustav majstora u odlaganju obveza.

It's not pretty, but in the end, it works.

Nije lijep, ali na kraju krajeva - funkcionira.

This is what I decided to write about on the blog a couple of years ago.

O tome sam prije nekoliko godina odlučio pisati na svom blogu.

When I did, I was amazed by the response.

Kad konačno jesam, iznenadio sam se odgovorima.

Literally thousands of emails came in,

Stiglo mi je doslovno na tisuće mejlova

from all different kinds of people from all over the world,

različitih vrsta ljudi diljem svijeta

doing all different kinds of things.

koji se bave različitim stvarima.

These are people who were nurses, bankers, painters, engineers

Medicinske sestre, bankari, slikari, inženjeri

and lots and lots of PhD students.

i gomila doktoranada.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And they were all writing, saying the same thing:

Svi su govorili istu stvar:

"I have this problem too."

"I ja imam taj problem."

But what struck me was the contrast between the light tone of the post

Iznenadio me kontrast između šaljivog tona originalnog teksta

and the heaviness of these emails.

i ozbiljnog tona tih mejlova.

These people were writing with intense frustration

Ti ljudi bili su vidno frustrirani

about what procrastination had done to their lives,

time što im odugovlačenje čini,

about what this Monkey had done to them.

time što im je ovaj Majmunčić napravio.

And I thought about this, and I said,

Razmišljao sam o tome i rekao:

well, if the procrastinator's system works, then what's going on?

ako sustav zgubidana funkcionira, što se ovdje događa?

Why are all of these people in such a dark place?

Zašto su ovi ljudi u takvom crnjaku?

Well, it turns out that there's two kinds of procrastination.

Zaključio sam da postoje dva oblika odlaganja obveza.

Everything I've talked about today, the examples I've given,

Sve o čemu sam danas govorio, svi primjeri koje sam navodio,

they all have deadlines.

imaju vremenski okvir.

And when there's deadlines,

Kada imamo vremenski okvir,

the effects of procrastination are contained to the short term

posljedice odugovlačenja su kratkoročne

because the Panic Monster gets involved.

jer Čudovišni paničar uplete svoje prste.

But there's a second kind of procrastination

No, postoji još jedan oblik odlaganja

that happens in situations when there is no deadline.

koji se javlja kada ne postoji vremenski okvir.

So if you wanted a career where you're a self-starter --

Ako želite karijeru u nečemu što ćete sami pokrenuti,

something in the arts, something entrepreneurial --

nešto umjetničko, poduzetnički,

there's no deadlines on those things at first, because nothing's happening,

tu u početku ne postoji vremenski okvir jer se ništa ne događa

not until you've gone out and done the hard work

dok ne izađete, potrudite se oko nečega

to get momentum, get things going.

da dobijete zamah.

There's also all kinds of important things outside of your career

Postoje i bitne stvari izvan područja karijere

that don't involve any deadlines,

koji nemaju vremenske okvire,

like seeing your family or exercising and taking care of your health,

poput druženja s obitelji ili vježbanja i brige za vlastito zdravlje,

working on your relationship

truda oko veze

or getting out of a relationship that isn't working.

ili prekidanja veze koja ne funkcionira.

Now if the procrastinator's only mechanism of doing these hard things

Ako je jedini mehanizam odlagivača obveza koji ga tjera da čini te teške stvari

is the Panic Monster, that's a problem,

Čudovišni paničar, imamo problem

because in all of these non-deadline situations,

jer u svim ovim slučajevima koji nemaju vremenski okvir,

the Panic Monster doesn't show up.

Čudovišni paničar miruje.

He has nothing to wake up for,

Nema se razloga buditi,

so the effects of procrastination, they're not contained;

pa posljedice odlaganja nisu vremenski ograničene,

they just extend outward forever.

već se šire do u beskonačnost.

And it's this long-term kind of procrastination

O takvom dugoročnom obliku odlaganja obveza

that's much less visible and much less talked about

koji je manje vidljiv manje se govori

than the funnier, short-term deadline-based kind.

nego o ovom smiješnom, kratkoročnom, vremenski ograničenom.

It's usually suffered quietly and privately.

Od njega se inače pati u tišini i u privatnosti,

And it can be the source

a može biti izvor

of a huge amount of long-term unhappiness, and regrets.

ogromne dugoročne nesreće i žaljenja.

And I thought, that's why those people are emailing,

Pomislih, zato me toliki ljudi kontaktiraju

and that's why they're in such a bad place.

i zato su tako nezadovoljni.

It's not that they're cramming for some project.

Nije da štrebaju za neki projekt,

It's that long-term procrastination has made them feel like a spectator,

već ih je dugoročno odlaganje obveza učinilo promatračima

at times, in their own lives.

ponekada i vlastitog života.

The frustration is not that they couldn't achieve their dreams;

Frustracija nije u tome da nisu mogli ostvariti svoje snove,

it's that they weren't even able to start chasing them.

već da ih nisu mogli ni početi slijediti.

So I read these emails and I had a little bit of an epiphany --

Pročitao sam te mejlove i nešto sam shvatio --

that I don't think non-procrastinators exist.

ne postoje ljudi koji ne odlažu svoje obveze.

That's right -- I think all of you are procrastinators.

Tako je - za mene ste svi vi odlagivači.

Now, you might not all be a mess,

Možda niste svi u kaosu,

like some of us,

kao neki od nas,

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

and some of you may have a healthy relationship with deadlines,

i neki od vas možda imaju zdrav odnos s vremenskim okvirima,

but remember: the Monkey's sneakiest trick

ali zapamtite: Majmunčićev najpodliji trik

is when the deadlines aren't there.

javlja se kad nema vremenskog okvira.

Now, I want to show you one last thing.

Želim vam pokazati još nešto.

I call this a Life Calendar.

Ovo je životni kalendar.

That's one box for every week of a 90-year life.

Jedna kućica za svaki tjedan 90-ogodišnjeg života.

That's not that many boxes,

Nema tu tako puno kućica,

especially since we've already used a bunch of those.

pogotovo kad uzmete u obzir da smo dosta njih već iskoristili.

So I think we need to all take a long, hard look at that calendar.

Mislim da se svi trebamo dobro zagledati u taj kalendar.

We need to think about what we're really procrastinating on,

Moramo razmisliti što zaista odlažemo

because everyone is procrastinating on something in life.

jer svi to činimo s nečim u našim životima.

We need to stay aware of the Instant Gratification Monkey.

Moramo biti svjesni Majmunčića.

That's a job for all of us.

To je zadatak svih nas.

And because there's not that many boxes on there,

Budući da ovdje nema tako puno kućica,

it's a job that should probably start today.

već danas se trebamo početi baviti tim zadatkom.

Well, maybe not today, but ...

Dobro, možda ne baš danas, ali...

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

You know.

Znate.

Sometime soon.

Uskoro.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)