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fburnaby comments on Breaking the chain of akrasia - Less Wrong Discussion

25 Post author: lukeprog 20 January 2012 04:12AM

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Comment author: shminux 20 January 2012 06:11:47AM *  21 points [-]

I know exactly what works for me: having someone else depend on me doing my work on time. If I'm the only interested party, very little ever gets done, unless the consequences of doing nothing are pretty grave.

Comment author: fburnaby 22 January 2012 05:11:19PM 2 points [-]

I'm weaker still, I think. I need the person who's depending on me to be close by.