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> Talk about your project This not only should help you to focus by thinking about it. But also give feedback and social pressure. I am feeling pangs of horrib

> Talk about your project This not only should help you to focus by thinking about it. But also give feedback and social pressure. I am feeling pangs of horrible boredom just imagining being seated next to someone following this advice at a dinner party. Ugh.

Programmatic 11y ago
Not to mention that talking about your plans appears to decrease the odds of you doing them https://sivers.org/zipit https://sivers.org/zipit
- jwdunne 11y ago
  Unless, as alluded at the end, you make a public commitment to achieving your goal. This explains why the whole dollar if you don't thing works for some people. The gist is it's not great to prematurely celebrate an incomplete goal but it may help having someone or something holding you accountable.
  - herbst 11y ago
    Exactly. I was thinking about peers asking "how is your N coming". 99% of them wont care anyway, but there is a bit pressure and nobody would want to say "i stopped it because i am a lazy bastard". For me, it helps. I see what the article is trying to tell us tho, i see that it may does not work for everything.
    - Programmatic 11y ago
      Anecdotally, I still wind up stopping because... I'm a lazy bastard. Feeling like you've failed on a random project that you talked about is demotivating, so I can see the point both ways. I renovated my master bathroom several years ago and had talked about it at work, but I'm lazy ;) so it took about a year to complete. Being the butt of the "so how's the bathroom going ;D" joke at work did not really help my motivation on it, having an upcoming wedding and needing to get it finished did. I've been working on doing only one project at a time, which has helped with my success rate and self worth. I still think about several and have a hard time focusing, but I try not to talk about them until they're actually in progress if at all.
miguelrochefort 11y ago
Huh? Who doesn't love to discuss these things?

Programmatic 11y ago

Not to mention that talking about your plans appears to decrease the odds of you doing them https://sivers.org/zipit https://sivers.org/zipit

jwdunne 11y ago
Unless, as alluded at the end, you make a public commitment to achieving your goal. This explains why the whole dollar if you don't thing works for some people. The gist is it's not great to prematurely celebrate an incomplete goal but it may help having someone or something holding you accountable.
- herbst 11y ago
  Exactly. I was thinking about peers asking "how is your N coming". 99% of them wont care anyway, but there is a bit pressure and nobody would want to say "i stopped it because i am a lazy bastard". For me, it helps. I see what the article is trying to tell us tho, i see that it may does not work for everything.
  - Programmatic 11y ago
    Anecdotally, I still wind up stopping because... I'm a lazy bastard. Feeling like you've failed on a random project that you talked about is demotivating, so I can see the point both ways. I renovated my master bathroom several years ago and had talked about it at work, but I'm lazy ;) so it took about a year to complete. Being the butt of the "so how's the bathroom going ;D" joke at work did not really help my motivation on it, having an upcoming wedding and needing to get it finished did. I've been working on doing only one project at a time, which has helped with my success rate and self worth. I still think about several and have a hard time focusing, but I try not to talk about them until they're actually in progress if at all.

miguelrochefort 11y ago

Huh? Who doesn't love to discuss these things?