SoullessAutomaton comments on Willpower Hax #487: Execute by Default - Less Wrong

47 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 12 May 2009 06:46AM

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Comment author: hrishimittal 12 May 2009 09:28:57AM *  0 points [-]

This reminds of this probably well known Steve Pavlina blog post, where he suggests rote learning the act of getting up as fast as possible when the alarm goes off.

The solution is to delegate the problem. Turn the whole thing over to your subconscious mind. Cut your conscious mind out of the loop.

Now how do you do this? The same way you learned any other repeatable skill. You practice until it becomes rote. Eventually your subconscious will take over and run the script on autopilot.

Now I just need to fight my akrasia to do that damn practice.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 12 May 2009 10:05:39AM *  6 points [-]

Now I just need to fight my akrasia to do that damn practice.

Alas, problems of motivating action tend to be turtles all the way down.