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gwern comments on Book Summary: Willpower by Baumeister, Tierney - Less Wrong Discussion

22 Post author: Dorikka 24 May 2012 11:34PM

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Comment author: gwern 25 May 2012 10:27:13PM 5 points [-]

For me, this was actually the single most striking chapter of the book (as anyone in #lesswrong learned while I was reading it...) The Zeigarnik effect is one of the main reasons I ever meditate - to let the little damn thoughts pop while I'm not doing anything so I can write them down on an index card and deal with them later. That alone makes the first 5-10 minutes of meditation worthwhile.