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Comment author: gwern 27 February 2010 05:34:26PM *  3 points [-]

Thus, as a general rule, the more chronic your akrasia, the less likely you will be helped by any kind of method that is not aimed at a "one time pays for all" elimination of your conflict source(s).

Akrasia has various strengths; so too would a meta-akrasia. An akrasia strong enough to defeat GTD or Pomodoro techniques may not be strong enough to defeat a guy you've paid a lot staring at you and waiting for you to do the next easy step. The people who would feel the need to go to such workshops are a self-selected group.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 27 February 2010 08:58:37PM 0 points [-]

IIRC, GTD specifically says it's not for people who have a problem with procrastination.