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Studies Show Ways to Get an Extra Boost of Self-Control (jasonshen.com)
9 points by jasonshen on Dec 20, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Neat ideas. I recall Dan Ariely of 'Predictably Irrational' noting that an effective method of exerting willpower was to mentally associate difficult / cumbersome tasks with positive rewarding ones. i.e. Watching a movie right after taking a medicine w/ many side-effects (so the medicine becomes associated with 'movie time' rather than 'side-effect' time.)


The key to avoiding procrastination, apparently, is to watch viral videos?

For a second I thought I was on Reddit.


Haha, the point isn't to spend all day watching videos, but to use a funny clip to get yourself into a good mood before tackling something that requires willpower.




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