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Viliam_Bur comments on [Link] Learning how to exert self-control - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 15 September 2014 12:27:35PM *  3 points [-]

The connection between "wants to do" and "actually does" isn't straightforward. One can desire to do something, and yet procrastinate; so increasing desire isn't necessarily helpful. Also, there is this concept of "structured procrastination" where people do something (useful) to avoid doing something else (more important), so the second most important thing actually has a greater chance to be done than the most important one.