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How to actually be disciplined 😕

2024-03-06 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:34 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Mindset, motivation and happiness · mode: Conversation and interview · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis

Talking with a guest, Ali says an enjoyed task feels like going downhill and an unenjoyed one like going uphill, which needs willpower; discipline in small doses to get over the starting hump is sustainable, but using it to keep going is draining.

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00:00:00 — Downhill and uphill tasks; discipline to get over the hump

  • ★★★ Ali says a task whose process you enjoy feels like going downhill, and one you don't enjoy feels like going uphill, which needs willpower and discipline over the long term. — 00:00:00 · feel-good productivity (concept)
  • ★★ Before any task, even one that feels good such as going to the gym, there is a bit of a hump to get over before you actually start, Ali says. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Using discipline and willpower to keep going with something you want to do is, Ali says, very draining and taxing, while using it just to get started is sustainable. — 00:00:00

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Only in the description or credits: Feel-Good Productivity (book)

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