bogus comments on Abuse of Productivity Systems - Less Wrong

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Comment author: The_Jaded_One 30 March 2016 06:27:50AM 2 points [-]

What mistakes are Bob and Sally making?

Trying to use time-management tools to solve a motivational problem. System-1-wanting to do something, having pleasant emotions attached to it, feeling motivated etc is a separate issue to efficiently executing that thing. Anki Cards and pomos are not tools which will make your system-1 want to do something.

What would you change, so turn those mistakes into successes?

"How to make your system-1 want to do something." is a million dollar question. The specific case of "How to make your system-1 want to look for jobs" is something that I am currently (somewhat) struggling with, though I definitely find that focussing on just getting started at a task and removing distractions really helps.

You probably also need to do some soul-searching about where you see your life going, what you will achieve with the money from that job, etc. I think that has been a reasonably good motivator for me.

Comment author: bogus 01 April 2016 06:15:11AM 2 points [-]

"How to make your system-1 want to do something." is a million dollar question.

Well, not quite. We do know of a very general approach which ought to successfully align system-1 and system-2 values - namely the perceptual-control approach, which CFAR calls goal factoring. The devil is wholly in the details here.

Comment author: The_Jaded_One 01 April 2016 04:49:01PM 0 points [-]

perceptual-control approach, which CFAR calls goal factoring

where can I find out more about this?