The Psychology Behind Laziness

[0:00]What do you do with the people who just are lazy and they don't want to help themselves. They are not lazy. They're lost. Lazy is a symptom. The source of the laziness is they're lost. If you look at the science behind why we procrastinate, a large portion of procrastination is depression. And I can't think of a more debilitating emotional state than feeling lost. When you are confronted with that, you just immediately feel helpless. You have no clarity for the direction of your life or a clarity how to solve a problem in your life, you will naturally press the emergency brake. And then after prolonged panic, guess what happens? Helplessness.