I've long said that I could probably pay someone to stand behind me with a whip, and make more than enough from the productivity improvement to cover their wage.
You mean a wife ?
Joking aside. A life partner, children, or an impending bankruptcy can all be constant, strong motivators.
I came to comment the same. I think there could be a business for "dread task buddy on demand".
On second thought this sounds like a life coach
Yeah but 'life coach' has negative connotations whereas dread task buddy sounds awesome. This is one reason pair programming is good at times.
Re:The Psychology of Dreaded Tasks
by taylorjacobson on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:47AM
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Haha I built this, it's called Focusmate [1]. Having an accountability partner is one of the only things that can almost guaranteed get me moving.
1. Identify the dread tasks.
2. Ask someone who cares (about you) to help you.
3. Do them together, with the other person not letting you get distracted.
For big tasks asking other people to help you chunk them also helps. After that avoid thinking about whole thing and just look at the small chunks.