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title: 'How to Stop Procrastinating by Attaching Tasks to Bigger Goals'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=fIbIhHrWqC8'
video_id: 'fIbIhHrWqC8'
date: 2026-08-11
duration_sec: 106
---

# How to Stop Procrastinating by Attaching Tasks to Bigger Goals

> Source: [How to Stop Procrastinating by Attaching Tasks to Bigger Goals](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fIbIhHrWqC8)

## Summary

This video presents a practical technique for overcoming procrastination by attaching every small task to a larger, meaningful goal. The speaker explains both positive and negative motivational framing, and supports the approach with scientific backing from a book on the procrastination puzzle.

### Key Points

- **Attach tasks to bigger goals** [00:00] — Instead of focusing on the specific task you avoid, remind yourself of its connection to a larger goal, such as buying a bigger house, a car, providing a good life for your family, or achieving freedom.
- **Negative self-motivation example** [00:27] — The speaker used negative framing to overcome procrastination on making a video: telling himself that if he doesn't make the video, he won't earn 10 lakh per month, won't give his family a good life, won't achieve freedom, and will remain a failure in society's eyes.
- **Applying negative framing to client outreach** [00:51] — When avoiding cold DMs for agency clients, the speaker gaslights himself into believing that a particular client or cold DM will change his life, and that not sending it means his life will never change and he won't have money next month.
- **Positive or negative push** [01:07] — You can push yourself to work either positively or negatively by aligning tasks to a bigger goal. This helps you see the larger impact of the task, not just the task itself, and naturally motivates you.
- **Scientific backing** [01:19] — The book 'Solving the Procrastination Puzzle' by Dr. Pitchell explains that when we have a goal with an intention to act but don't act, we experience cognitive dissonance—a feeling of incompleteness because we know we're not doing what we should to achieve our goal. This dissonance forces action.

### Conclusion

Aligning tasks with a larger goal—whether through positive aspiration or negative consequences—creates psychological pressure that overcomes procrastination. The underlying cognitive dissonance, as described by Dr. Pitchell, compels action.

## Transcript

The concept is attach every small task of yours to a bigger goal. जब भी आप किसी काम को avoid कर रहे हो, आप एक चीज याद रखो, कि उसका connection एक बड़े goal से है. ये मत सोचो कि मुझे ये particular task करना है.
ये सोचो कि मैं ये task कर रहा हूँ because मुझे एक बड़ा घर चाहिए, मुझे एक बड़ी गाड़ी चाहिए, मुझे अपने family को अच्छी life देनी है, मुझे freedom चाहिए ऐसा सोचो Now this is a positive side of it but there is also a negative side जो मैंने use किया है
For example, मैं थोड़े दिनों पहले यही video बनाने को procrastinate कर रहा था तो मैंने अपने आपको बोला कि this is not just a YouTube video अगर तुने यह YouTube video नहीं बनाया तो तु महिने के 10 लाख नहीं कमा पाएगा
तु अपने family को अच्छी life नहीं दे पाएगा तुझे कभी freedom नहीं मिलेगी और तु society की नतरों में हमेशा एक failure रहेगा जब मुझे अपनी agency के लिए clients चाहिए होते हो और cold DM करने का मन नहीं कर रहा होता है
I gaslight myself into saying कि ये जो client है, ये जो cold DM है, वो तेरी life change कर देगा but क्यूंकि ये तु cold DM नहीं कर रहा है, तेरी life कभी भी change नहीं होगी और अगले महिने तेरे पास पैसे नहीं आएंगे because you are not sending this DM
so either positively or negatively, you can push yourself to work by aligning your tasks to a bigger goal इससे क्या होगा कि आपको सिर्फ वो task नहीं बड़ा आपको उसका एक बड़ा impact देखेगा और आप अपने आप motivate होगे
and this is also backed by science जो मुझे बाद में पता चला in the book solving the procrastination puzzle, Dr. Pitchell has said something similar when we have a goal towards which we have made an intention to act and we do not act, we experience dissonance
इसका मतलब हमारे अंदर ही एक अधूरापंसा लगता है क्योंकि हमें पता है कि हमें जो करना चाहिए अपने goal achieve करने के लिए वो हम नहीं कर रहे हैं This will force you into taking action