RomeoStevens comments on How to grow faster - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RomeoStevens 22 July 2015 10:39:26PM 1 point [-]

With regard to 5a I think trigger action plans and other habit formation tricks are better than smart goals as a framework. Goals have a variety of structural and psychological problems, habits are things that pay dividends for decades.

Comment author: BayesianMind 24 July 2015 07:26:11AM 0 points [-]

Thank you for this suggestion. I have added forming implementation intentions as step 5b. I think that having set SMART goals can be helpful for formulating implementation intentions. SMART goals help you realize what you have to do and how often, whereas implementation intentions increase the likelihood that you will actually do what it takes to achieve what you have resolved to accomplish.