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have a conflict. And for the procrastinator, that conflict tends to end a certain way every time, leaving him spending a lot of time in this orange zone, an easy and fun place that39。s entirely out of the Makes Sense circle. I call it the Dark Playground. Now, the Dark Playground is a place that all of you procrastinators out there know very well. It39。s where leisure activities happen at times when leisure activities are not supposed to be happening. The fun you have in the Dark Playground isn39。t actually fun, because it39。s pletely unearned, and the air is filled with guilt, dread, anxiety, selfhatred all of those good procrastinator feelings. And the question is, in this situation, with the Monkey behind the wheel, how does the procrastinator ever get himself over here to this blue zone, a less pleasant place, but where really important things happen? Well, turns out the procrastinator has a guardian angel, someone who39。s always looking down on him and watching over him in his darkest moments someone called the Panic Monster. Now, the Panic Monster is dormant most of the time, but he suddenly wakes up anytime a deadline gets too close or there39。s danger of public embarrassment, a career disaster or some other scary consequence. And importantly, he39。s the only thing the Monkey is terrified of. Now, he became very relevant in my life pretty recently, because the people of TED reached out to me about six months agoand invited me to do a TED Talk. Now, of course, I said yes. It39。s always been a dream of mine to have done a TED Talk in the past. So that39。s what we did that day. As six months turned into four and then two and then one, the people of TED decided to release the speakers. And I opened up the website, and there was my face staring right back at me. And guess who woke up? So the Panic Monster starts losing his mind, and a few seconds later, the whole system39。