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A comment on Andrew Ng on Life, Creativity, and Failure. Parent comment

Re:Andrew Ng on Life, Creativity, and Failure by ronyeh on Saturday October 24, 2015 @02:22AM (#10442678)
If you want to try out a new technique to train for habits, check out this site by BJ Fogg @ Stanford University:

http://tinyhabits.com/

The method trains you to add a new habit to your life by doing a tiny habit every day, anchored to an already existing habit. For example, "Before I visit Hacker News, I will drop down and do TWO pushups." Eventually, you can grow your new habit to make it a bigger part of your life.

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Re:Andrew Ng on Life, Creativity, and Failure by lindseya on Sunday October 25, 2015 @02:57PM (#10447896)
There is a lot of focus in the literature right now on developing habits. What I'm interested in is the deeper motivations that drive a person to select their habits in the first place. Why does Andrew read research papers and books all day on a Saturday? Why did you decided to add two pushups to your daily routine? I think that without understanding these deeper motivations, we are left with habits that do not have enough fuel to drive them, leaving us to resort to the habits with the least resistance (i.e. lazy habits).
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Re:Andrew Ng on Life, Creativity, and Failure by chrismarlow9 on Saturday October 24, 2015 @03:50AM (#10442822)
but what about bob?
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