The Psychology of Dreaded Tasks

Re:The Psychology of Dreaded Tasks by ajiang on Monday June 11, 2018 @09:07PM (#17289982)

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

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Re:The Psychology of Dreaded Tasks by djmips on Monday June 11, 2018 @11:01PM (#17290397)

Yeah but 'life coach' has negative connotations whereas dread task buddy sounds awesome. This is one reason pair programming is good at times.

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Re:The Psychology of Dreaded Tasks by taylorjacobson on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:47AM (#17293168)

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.

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