The Motivation Hacker
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This might mean changing the goal to allow for circumstances that you had not foreseen making it a little more forgiving , or changing how you execute your goal. And once you've done that analysis, and you truly believe in your new approach, start fresh with the goal again. Embrace the idea that this won't be like last time , because you've done the work to prevent the ways you might fail, and this time you won't make the same mistakes again, because you've learned and improved from your mistake.
Putting in only slightly more won't increase your odds enough. Doing this analysis and planning for next time, and going at it harder, will help make the goal more achievable, and recoup some of the Expectancy lost by the failure. If you can believe in your updated strategy for accomplishing it, then you can believe you'll succeed where you failed before. One minor example for me I've run into so far: I have a few goals to do a thing 6 out of 7 days a week.
I got behind on one of them by skipping two days in a row out of a 14 day total not technically failed, but below the average target rate because I was putting the tasks off until late at night when the deadline loomed. So I adjusted to doing them early in the day so I didn't run that risk, and it's been much more reliable now.
This has had the side benefit of making me feel accomplished early in the day, which lingers throughout the rest of the day! Dec 29, Marcus rated it liked it Shelves: Nick Winter is a non-expert who wrote this book in 3 months. That said, there is a lot here that is valuable--his enthusiasm is contagious, he's done some good research and a lot of what he talks about led me off with good directions for additional research. Don't be deterred by the 3 star rating, you'd be hard pressed to walk away from reading it without feeling excited to learn something new, make more of your life and have a little more fun.
That's worth the 3 bucks and 3 hours this book will Nick Winter is a non-expert who wrote this book in 3 months. That's worth the 3 bucks and 3 hours this book will cost you.
Maneesh’s Book Notes: “The Motivation Hacker” By Nick Winter
May 08, Lukasz rated it it was ok Shelves: Jun 24, Ammar Lakis rated it it was ok. The book had a good start, but gradually went stuffed with unnecessary details and repeated ideas. I fast-read the last chapter, that was unnecessary and overwhelmingly positive which I find damaging when speaking about productivity. The author could have summarized most of the book with less words and better structure.
However, I liked how he showed applying the motivation hacking methods in his personal experience, so not a bad one-day reading. Feb 02, Daniel Frank rated it liked it. Nick's an awesome guy. This is a quick, fun and most importantly, valuable read for anyone interested in getting more out of their life. Sep 25, Shaun Davidson rated it really liked it. I completely get this: Value is what it's worth to you. Impulsiveness is how likely you are to either procrastinate or get distracted from the task.
And Delay is how far out in the future the potential reward is. The entire rest of the book is either related pr Great book. The entire rest of the book is either related principles or the personal story of Nick applying this to his own life for several months. The tone somewhat reminds me Early Retirement Extreme - very authentic, very clear, but not for everyone. You have to be a certain kind of person to accept and put into practice these ideas.
Soundtrack while listening was This Is: Nick Winter had a productive year. Here, he discusses several days from that year literally from start to finish. I find that hyper-detailed "how to" format extremely helpful in a book that hopes to actually change my behavior. Winter also provides an excellent beginner's guide to Beeminder, one of my favorite apps. You can write him em Nick Winter had a productive year. You can write him emails and he will answer them.
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I have, and he did. For all the good intentions of people like Tim Ferriss and Tony Robbins, you know that those gurus are doing things that you cannot do because you are not rich or ridiculously smart and charming. Nick Winter may be ridiculously smart and charming, for all I know, but he at least gives the impression of being approachable. Jan 06, Becky rated it really liked it Shelves: I'd rather give this book 3. The pros - breezy, and a good jumping off point to learn more about self motivation techniques. Not as braggy as it seems it might seem at first. Con - the same one many books like this suffer from.
His life is so far removed from typical or at least mine that it's really hard to relate. His daily schedule blew my mind for its lack of obligations. He did seem to understand this somewhat but his youth and inexperience seems I'd rather give this book 3. He did seem to understand this somewhat but his youth and inexperience seems to have limited his ability to overcome it.
Jul 11, Derek Lukacs rated it really liked it. The book sets out some methods for "hacking motivation" as well as some anecdotes from the author's life. I agree with other reviewers that this book has a few good ideas and is bogged down with some ego but I found myself motivated to set more ambitious goals after reading it so there is value in that. The rest of my review is an attempt to break down some of the main ideas from this book and present them in a format that is more helpful for my own use in structuring goals and motivation.
Hopefully others find this to be a useful peak inside of the book. Background The Motivation equation is given. Intermediate milestones, process-based goals, and willfully optimistic planning are his tools here. With the right mindset, success is ever right around the corner. Planning "Hack like this: Designing Motivation Structure - Design a Success Spiral - Focus on input based process goals write for 5 minutes instead of output based 1 page of writing - Use Beeminder to track process goals.
Misc Ideas and Motivational Quotes: Apple cofounder Steve Jobs said that you should stay hungry in order to do great things. Paul [Graham] tells a cautionary tale about his friend who knew when she was in high school that she wanted to be a doctor. She was so motivated that she persevered through every obstacle, including not actually liking her work. Now she has a life chosen for her by a high-school kid. Oct 29, Ril rated it it was ok. Read largely like a blog post - a couple of useful ideas, but it was certainly too little and too narrow to call it a 'book'.
The material was largely self-congratulatory and self-promoting with no handling of potential difficulties and research on things that may work differently for other people. May 02, Jayson Virissimo rated it really liked it. Didn't have any techniques I hadn't learned on Less Wrong except for stacking the motivation hacks to go from just enough to get the work done to actually making it fun. Overall, a good, concise, and inspirational introduction to motivation hacking.
I read this book after watching Thomas Frank's video on the books that changed his life. There are definitely some good tips to 'hack' your motivation and do the things that you want, but I guess I just expected this book to read like a book, and not like an overly-extended article. Basically, this is a book on how the author hacked his own motivation and accomplished success in his professional, personal and creative life. And while he was accomplishing these feats, he wrote about the process o I read this book after watching Thomas Frank's video on the books that changed his life.
And while he was accomplishing these feats, he wrote about the process of how he succeeded.
Something that I really liked while reading the book is how he talks about achieving your goals and ambitions - even when you have a lot of them. I could relate in many ways, and I felt comforted in knowing that I'm not the only one struggling to make sense of my life while trying to do a lot of things at once. Jun 29, Charles Xu rated it it was amazing.
Nick Winter gives hope for the rest of us. He doesn't try to conquer the world with genius or talent--he merely arms himself with some crazy goals and a whole lotta motivation. But that's what makes this book inspiring--the idea that a regular guy can accomplish so much with the right system, an enthusiasm for life, and unwavering discipline. Jun 26, Jolo Lat rated it it was amazing Shelves: Even if this book only averages 3. This book will come down as my favorite because of his way of breaking down ways to improve motivation and give you hacks on how to accomplish so many things!
It's reignited my fire to do many things in life! Must read for people who want to be productive and do a lot of things but a bit lazy.