Yesterday, I wrote about discovering your persistence levels. Commitment, I argued, isn’t the same as motivation. While motivation is the push to seek rewards and results, persistence is the ability to continue even when those rewards and results don’t appear. Persistence is important along with motivation because most goals have vacuums. Vacuums where you get […]
Archives for July 2008
How to Measure Your Degree of Persistence
Recently, Cal Newport over at Study Hacks, wrote an interesting article where he claims that getting started is overrated. He argues that too many people get started without commitment. As a result, they waste valuable time and energy on pursuits that they will give up after a few months of haphazard effort. Action without persistence […]
Having Fun With Suicidal Productivity Missions
I have a habit of self-destruction. Every several months, I burn myself out. I let too many projects overlap for a week or two, and the result is usually lost sleep and high stress. The surprising thing is, I do this intentionally. I’m a believer that if you want to know where the line is […]
The Beginner’s Guide to the 30 Day Trial: Part 2
Last week, I wrote about the 30 Day Trial technique for changing habits. Since I’ve written about the technique indirectly through many articles on the website, I wanted to offer a beginners guide for people starting out with the tool. This article continues where last week left off, with a few more suggestions. Tip #6 […]