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The Anti-Resolution Resolution (beeminder.com)
1 point by dreeves on Aug 30, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Here's the key part:

IF I say "I/we should do X" THEN I take some immediate action that gets me slightly closer to X happening.

And to excerpt the conclusion:

...the idea is to take some action, no matter how tiny, as a conditioned response to hearing yourself state an intention. Cultivate an aversion to saying "I should..." and then sitting there like an idiot failing to follow through.




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