Self-discipline in 10 days
by Theodore Bryant · first published 1999
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A short, exercise-style guide to beating procrastination and burnout and regaining focus. It is practical and useful for anyone who wants to get their time back for tasks they care about.
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With Self-Discipline in 10 days, you will go from dreaming, thinking, and planning to doing: Fast! You will quickly start to turn your ideas into actions and achievements. Take your first step toward self-discipline today by ordering now! You will learn: How To Overcome The 5 Common Psychological Roadblocks To Self-Discipline! How To Identify & Rid Yourself Of The Sub-Conscious Beliefs That Sabotage Self-Discipline! How To Use Simple Time Management Techniques! How To Program Your Psychological Functions For Maximum Self-Discipline!
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on “Ask HN: Which books have you re-read the most?” ↗For procastination: This book really helped me into stoping procastination and using my time in the things that I really wanted: "Self discipline in 10 days" As stated above, the pomodoro technique is very useful. You can find a lot of webapps that you could use for that matter. In the beggining, I recommend you to use less work time if you struggle a lot…
on “Ask HN: Tips to beat procrastination and lethargy?” ↗There is an amazing (short) book called "Self Discipline in 10 Days" helped me get over a few of those inevitable slumps/burnout periods and prevented them for the most part since then. Here are a few ZenHabits articles that help too: http://zenhabits.net/how-to-defeat-burnout-and-stay-motivate... http://zenhabits.net/the-lazy-manifesto-do-less-then-do-even...
on “Ask HN: I am wasting so much of time, what can I do?” ↗…will be working on the next day. And interesting enough, once I finished some small projects I suddenly was able to dismiss 90% of my ideas as not worth doing The only book I've read on this subject is "self discipline in 10 days" and it helped me with getting back my focus. Once I snap out of my workflow and my mind starts wandering I use my "inner voice" to remind me that I have to focus and it works :)
on “Always a starter, never a finisher.” ↗…develop such "effective attentional control systems." I installed focus.py this weekend (after seeing it here on HN), and am looking forward to some productivity gains. It was months ago that I read "Self-discipline in 10 days" (probably also on an HN recommendation). The key take-away (which I keep reminding myself) was that self-discipline is a skill that is learned and practiced, a muscle which is strengthened through exercise.
on “I took Scott Hanselman's advice on productivity, and now look at me...” ↗…trial. Hope it works. There was one other book, a very short one, it's more like an excercise book really with space for you to write your answers. Has a very "commercial" title I'd say, it's called Self Discipline in 10 days. It's a bit of a psychological rollercoaster and but I did find it pretty effective when I went through it years ago. It will ask you to write down and articulate your biggest failures fears etc.. Try…
on “Procrastination is driven by our desire to avoid difficult emotions, says expert” ↗Just to make sure I'm looking at the same book, is it "Self-Discipline in 10 days: How To Go From Thinking to Doing"? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1880115107/ Thanks!
on “Getting Things Done – Revised 2015” ↗I'm in a similar situation like you and started reading the Book "Self-Discipline in 10 days: How To Go From Thinking to Doing" by Theodore Bryant. I haven't completed the book yet so i can't tell you that it worked in the long run but the section about selftalk and fears already changed my way…
on “Ask HN: How to break anxiety/fear-avoidance cycle?” ↗…that changes overnight, and requires daily practice. Now, I can already hear the little voices whispering in a few of your heads "that's some optimistic bullshit, lying to yourself, etc." If you've read Self-Discipline in 10 Days, this nagging is said to come from a part of your subconscious dubbed "Hyde." Here's a brief description from the book: === BEGIN === This Jekyll/Hyde approach is one of the more important concepts…
on “Ask HN: How do you fight procrastination?” ↗