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Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool
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Marcin Borkowski |
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Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool |
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Sun, 14 Oct 2018 10:15:06 +0200 |
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On 2018-10-11, at 16:03, Bingo <address@hidden> wrote:
> Le 10 octobre 2018 21:45:53 GMT+05:30, Marcin Borkowski <address@hidden> a
> écrit :
>
>>
>>- a warning when my efficiency is lower than a set value, and info
>>about
>> how much work I need to do to bump it up to that value.
>>
>
> Nice, but it has an anti-feature. For procrastinators, warnings frequently
> have negative effects. It can be understood in multiple ways :
>
> 1. "What the hell" effect : As Dr Art Marckman tells in the book "Smart
> Change" , there is a "what the hell" effect where the victim goofs off even
> more to the extent of giving up a goal if he realizes that he is falling
> behind schedule, or has goofed off more than was advisable. The solution is
> to forgive oneself, and not beat oneself up. This warning looks like beating
> oneself up.
>
> 2. Showing how much work needs to be done to catch up goes against some self
> improvement philosophies. E.g. dividing work into subtasks helps in not
> getting overwhelmed by the amount of work. Or the recommendation to plan
> breaks in addition to planning to slog, otherwise the plan to slog becomes
> overwhelming and procrastinators give up.
>
> Of course, if it works for you, go for it.
Fair enough.
It seems I was not clear enough. The detailed report on my work on this
day is one thing I only trigger manually. The notification about me not
clocking anything says just "You have had no active clock for %d
minutes!".
Also, I have other devices in place to keep me on track. The thing is,
they are day-based, and I felt that I need a bit more granularity.
Also, I understand that forgiving instead of beating oneself off is
important, and I do it when needed. (I can always reduce the "amount of
work to do" manually, though I don't yet have any good UI for that.)
So you're right, but I think I do take into consideration.
And remember that this is an early prototype, also in terms of whether
it works for me or not.
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl
- Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool, (continued)
- Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool, Bingo, 2018/10/11
- Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool, Peter Neilson, 2018/10/11
- Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool, Marcin Borkowski, 2018/10/14
- Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool, stardiviner, 2018/10/27
- Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool, Samuel Wales, 2018/10/27
- Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool, Marcin Borkowski, 2018/10/29
- Re: [O] An Org-based productivity tool, Samuel Wales, 2018/10/29
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