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Human problems can always be redefined. This reminds me of something on (the old) SSC, about how new psychological frameworks for treatment always look promisin
by sdwr 5y ago
Human problems can always be redefined. This reminds me of something on (the old) SSC, about how new psychological frameworks for treatment always look promising at discovery, then tail off in effectiveness down to the rest of the pack as they're adopted more widely. The author here has something to give: enthusiasm, understanding, compassion, and it's not surprising that he is finding outsized results.
My own experience with procrastination is one of failing to clear mental hurdles. I always did assignments at the last minute, and relied on adrenaline and unconscious skill to carry me over the finish line. The bar eventually got high enough that I couldn't clear it in one late-night coffee-fueled panic, and I started balking at the line.
- milesvp 5y agoI wish I could find the talk by a professor who gave a lecture on this topic. It really helped drive home the need to break tasks down into bite sized chunks. He basically found that if his grad students weren’t making progress on their thesis, it was invariably because they basically didn’t know what to do next. So he would work with them on finding a next thing to work on, which almost invariably required breaking some bigger task down. I don’t remember the field so this might not work as well for topics that require a eureka moment, but I’ve certainly found if I’m not making progress on something it’s often necessary for me to find a more time boxable thing to work on next. edit: got lucky. Tim Pychyl https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mhFQA998WiA https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mhFQA998WiA