How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model

Re:How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model by DelightOne on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:10PM (#24126619)

If you don't have the steps to achieve X and you can't come up with the steps on the fly (or the steps you know do not work) then you will not be able to do X when you want to.

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Re:How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model by Tyr42 on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @10:26PM (#24128038)

I know I procrastinate when I don't know how to start.

But learning how to break things down into chunks and make a checklist makes it a lot easier to avoid that. A well defined task is actually fun to do, and I'm much less likely to avoid it.

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Re:How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model by reidjs on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:22PM (#24126699)

In my understanding X is a situation not a goal to achieve. So it can be as simple as 'Today at 5pm' or 'I am at a bar craving a cigarette'

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Re:How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model by DelightOne on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @07:12PM (#24127043)

My comment was more a general issue. If you know what to do then planning specific slots to do them, makes sense.

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Re:How to stop procrastinating by using the Fogg Behavior Model by vitabenes on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:52AM (#24128947)

I think this has to with the unknowns of modern work.

In knowledge work, we need to:

1. Define the work

2. Do the work

Can't do what's not defined.

In general, the simple advice I give our clients is to take a piece of paper and a pen, and put all the ideas about the task out there. Take 5-15 minutes and try to define it.

Basecamp's Shape Up book is a lot about managing the unknowns.

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