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Willpower Hax #487: Execute by Default — LessWrong

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This is a trick that I use for getting out of bed in the morning - quite literally: I count down from 10 and get out of bed after the "1". …

x Willpower Hax #487: Execute by Default — LessWrong Willpower Self Improvement Practical Frontpage 86 Willpower Hax #487: Execute by Default by Eliezer Yudkowsky 12th May 2009 2 min read 59 86 This is a trick that I use for getting out of bed in the morning - quite literally: I count down from 10 and get out of bed after the "1". It works because instead of deciding to get out of bed, I just have to decide to implement the plan to count down from 10 and then get out of bed. Once the plan is in motion, the final action no longer requires an effortful decision - that's the theory, anyway. And t

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