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Goal Setting and Goal Achievement — LessWrong

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The reason for failure is more often lack of effort rather than the direction of the effort. For example, more people put on weight because they couldn't stick to their diet than those that chose a diet that wouldn't have caused weight loss. You subconscious decides on your motivation for a task, but you can consciously choose to use your self-control and not do the easiest task. For example, my subconscious is saying that watching TV requires the least motivation but I have chosen to use up some of my self-control and write this article instead. I'm going to discuss a few tactics to reduce the self-control required to complete a task (such as setting up a trigger) as well as ways of making your subconscious disfavour your distractions (for example by removing the plug from your TV). A good guideline for the motivation that your subconscious gives you for a task is given in the equation below. The Expectancy and Value can be thought of in terms of gambling. The Value is how much you g

x Goal Setting and Goal Achievement — LessWrong Personal Blog 4 Goal Setting and Goal Achievement by kerspoon 28th Oct 2013 10 min read 6 4 The reason people succeed is well-focused, regular, effort. The reason for failure is more often lack of effort rather than the direction of the effort. For example, more people put on weight because they couldn't stick to their diet than those that chose a diet that wouldn't have caused weight loss. 1. How the Brain Decides what Task you Will Perform You subconscious decides on your motivation for a task, but you can consciously choose to use your self-co

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