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Comment author: CannibalSmith 27 February 2010 04:36:57PM *  6 points [-]

conflict-resolution methods

Article request: how to find, identify, and remove those conflicts.

the unfortunate fact that this is also what you have to do, if your ultimate goal is to help people

Are you saying that self-help books are but advertisement for workshops and that it's impossible to be any other way? That is, that an akrasia technique cannot be encoded as a string of symbols?

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.

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