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NYC LW Group has branched into self-improvement; we get together to state our goals for next week, associated with a penalty. Money or public shaming are common choices.
I work in NYC. When/where does this go on and how do I get involved?
Please sign up for this list, this is the core group meetup. Just tell the mod (who is Will) that you are from LW.
There is also a public meetup planned this week: http://www.meetup.com/Less-Wrong-Overcoming-Bias-NYC/events/16332288/, you can meet the same people there.
What list do you mean? (The link was dead, not sure if it that's where the list was supposed to be or not)
Go y'all!
Are you keeping track at all of the results? E.g., do stated goals get met; do participants get more done than they did prior to participating; do participants get better at not stating goals they aren't going to get done, etc.?
We just started, so it's hard to answer with confidence. Since many of us (like me) did not previously keep track of goals it's hard to say anything with precision, but subjectively I find this setup motivating: the thought of public commitment and potential money loss pops up in my head quite a bit.
I'd like to read more details on this.
I'm in this too. We set goals at weekly meetups (or email equivalent if we can't make it.) One guy keeps track of everybody's goals, whether they've achieved them that week or not, and penalties. There's a communal money pot. Goals tend to include: work productivity, personal project productivity, health/diet/fitness, social skills improvement, and personal life tasks (like moving, getting plane tickets, cleaning house.)