Solved Highlight: The Real Reason You Procrastinate

Mark Manson· Host0:00

[gentle music] Hey, guys. Mark here. So have you ever had a real breakthrough, like actually understand something about yourself, and then two weeks later you're doing the exact same shit again? That's the problem with online courses and content in general. They can give you the plan, but they can't coach you through the moment when life gets in the way. And then there's another problem with AI tools. They don't actually know you. They just give you generic advice that sounds smart but doesn't translate into your actual life when it really matters. So I tried to solve both of these problems separately. I built nine courses on the stuff that people actually struggle with, boundaries, procrastination, emotions, and then I co-created Purpose, an AI coach that actually learns who you are and challenges you when you need it. Now, they're together for the first time. You do the exercise from the courses, you talk to the coach about what came up, and then the coach already knows your patterns, your blind spots, what you've been working on, and all of the other exercises that you've done. That's how this stuff can actually stick. So for a limited time, I am selling both of my flagship products, the Solve membership courses and the Purpose AI app together once and for all. So check it out. Go to purpose.app/solve. Link is in the show notes below. Hey, everybody. Mark Manson here, and it's the start of the year. A lot of us are trying to get our groove back, set goals, build better habits, maybe actually follow through on some of the stuff this time, not just talk about it. So what I wanted to do is I wanted to bring back one of the most useful segments that we did last year. This one is about procrastination. It's from a longer episode where Drew and I went deep on the psychology, the history, and the science