Wow, thats a lot of negativity here. There were some neat tricks to use here: 1) The reward feint - people are statistically terrible prognosticators of what

Wow, thats a lot of negativity here. There were some neat tricks to use here: 1) The reward feint - people are statistically terrible prognosticators of what would make them happy. Setting a stretch reward which actually uses this aspect of to create a positive outcome is really neat. 2) The variable reward schedule? just 2 coin flips is a really stupidly obvious solution, and variable reward schedules are like crack for the brain. 3) How he dealt with high energy requirement prep, during low energy periods. That's something I've faced and I used to just say "man I've just got to work through it." These were some obvious things executed nicely. For people who are facing trouble with intrinsic motivation, this is something that can be set up and launched and will helps you get through the hump. edit: flow/redundant bits removed.