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I'm not sure I'm articulate enough to explain it. One possible summary is "Internalize the decision to achieve your goals, so that you don't have to keep actively re-affirming the choice."
The mental narrative plays a big role in it, too: Somehow, the narrative of "I am taking the easy way out, it just happens that the easy way is really really hard" seems to help me out.
Perhaps the section is confusing because I conflated these two points -- I'll sleep on it, and maybe rework things tomorrow.
I think the section is confusing because of the personalized nature of the concept.
I have become really strongly convinced over the past year or so that anti-akrasia and motivation (but not productivity) 'techniques' tend to be incredibly personalized, and that trying to directly implement what others have found successful with no insight into the details of your own problem is trusting your success to blind luck.