TrE comments on Rationalist horoscopes: A low-hanging utility generator. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TrE 23 May 2011 05:03:23AM 1 point [-]

I don't know. Probably, it just works for me. It's a five-second-skill.

  1. notice procrastination
  2. think "I shouldn't be procrastinating, it doesn't help"
  3. convince myself to doing the task I ought to do
  4. do it.

I'd say the third step is crucial.