Identity shouldn't be small. It should be flexible and cultivated very carefully. 1/
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Replying to @alexeyguzey
Not "I am a person who does this", But "I am a person who does this in that context" 2/
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Identity without a context doesn't exist: remove scope insensitivity, add $10^lots, and witness how unstable it is. 3/
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The trick is to manufacture contexts at will, making identity to be what you want it to be in the moment. 4/
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Tying particular identity to a physical place is one of the most useful ways to do this. 5/
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step1 discover a new place step2 from very beginning strongly commit to certain pattern of actions eg "I only do work-related stuff here" 6/
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Context's novelty removes most flinches to follow undesirable actions, makes following the commitment almost completely self-sustainable. 7/
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Replying to @alexeyguzey
my "yet! growth mindset!" followers, please please please try 6-7 out, tell me if it works
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might be just another instance of cargo cult productivity https://docs.google.com/document/d/159lNJu3-Vu8YW-aHQvKxG1zHhsha-QcGvxSG7F0MDyo/edit …
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@alex_guzey The simplest, most brutal hack is to remove everything but the task. Another one is to alter tx costs: http://matt.might.net/articles/productivity-tips-hints-hacks-tricks-for-grad-students-academics/#philosophy …
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@nouswaves beauty of creating contexts: requires very little deliberate preparation like described there1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@nouswaves (also removing distractions doesn't really work for me; I tried this *a lot*; it's not self-sustaining)0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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