TED conference by Tim Urban

-What is the title of the conference?

Inside the Mind of a Master Procrastinator

-Note down 2 main ideas of the conference and 2 examples used by the speaker in their presentation

 Peoples should work every days for expand the part of homework but many peoples are working at
the last minute.

 Every people’s brain is different, some peoples are working fast for have advance but other peoples
are working at the last minute because, before, they thought they have the time.

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(If you do not know what to write, here are some questions you can use to note down some of the
ideas/examples :
 Sum up the way the mind of a procrastinator works.
 What happened when he wrote about this on his blog? What jobs does he mention? And what is
the common point between all these people?
 What is the other type of procrastination he mentions? Why is this second type dangerous?
 What is the Life Calendar? )

-Did you find this conference interesting? Why?

-Make a list of the useful vocabulary from this document (key words you can use if you sum it up in
English)

 Ex : a long piece of writing that is the final part of an advanced university degree =
 Ex : a specific time or date by which you have to do something =
 Ex : a whole night that you spend studying while you are at university =
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-Note down 5 other useful words/ expressions that you learnt in this document (even if they are not
essential to sum up the main ideas)
Summary :
Fill out this summary with the following words:
procrastinator - all-nighter - Instant Gratification - procrastination
distractions - deadline - Rational Decision-Maker

Tim talks about procrastination, or delaying doing something important. This often happens when a person
knows they have a task to complete, but destractions—easy and fun activities—get in the way. Inside the
procrastinator's mind, the rational decision maker loses control when the all-nighter Monkey takes over.
For example, a person may have a deadline at work, but avoids starting until the last moment. The
procrastinator may have to pull an instant gratification in order to get the work done on time.