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Telling people that you should blog makes it actually less likely that you will actually do it. Read that on some psychology website once. ;)
by scrrr 13y ago
Telling people that you should blog makes it actually less likely that you will actually do it. Read that on some psychology website once. ;)
- rooster8 13y agoAnyone recognize this phenomenon by name or have a link?
- ilconsigliere 13y agomost people are familiar with this notion due to this post: http://sivers.org/zipit http://sivers.org/zipit tl;dr “Symbolic Self-Completion"
- DigitalJack 13y agoI've long noticed this in myself. Very neat to see it isn't just me.
- brownBananas 13y agohttp://sivers.org/zipit http://sivers.org/zipit Also a TED Talk by the same guy: http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_yourself.html http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_keep_your_goals_to_you...
- drpancake 13y agoIn this case I have to disagree, as these positive replies are removing any concerns I had about nobody reading this hypothetical blog :)
- tankbot 13y agoI would read it. As you are seemingly living my dream I would love to do a bit of vicarious living through your blog. :)
- scottschulthess 13y agoCausation vs correlation
- daniel-levin 13y agoI read in Influence [0] by Cialdini that telling people you're going to do something actually makes it more likely you will because you feel consistency pressure [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cialdini http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cialdini
- sharemywin 13y agoI kinda look at it like a lean startup practice. If nobody signs up for his blog why start? if some people sign up there will be pressure to put something out.