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Motivation = E x V/I x D
E = Expectancy: your level of confidence (but not over-confidence) you'll actually get whatever you're trying to do done
V = Value: how much you value getting whatever you're trying to do done
I = Impulsiveness: (no explanation required)
D = Delay: length of time before you realize the reward/goal/etc. - people "irrationally find present costs more salient than future costs"
The book is fantastic. Briliant. Amazing.
More anon.
The Procrastination Equation.
The Procrastination Equation at Science Daily.
7 comments:
I'm going to read this book as soon as I get around to it!
Well, the buying of the book is the most important part...
Very glad you liked it.
I would add a momentum or inertia variable. If you are good, you can be very good; if you are bad, you can be very bad. Isn't there a saying that if you want to get something done, give it to a busy person. Hey! that's a solution to procrastination. Delegate.
"Well, the buying of the book is the most important part..."
Yes, I have a tall stack of books I really need to read, and I should probably add this to the stack.
Glen - you MUST read it! It really is amazing, so much so that I've been going over the notes I took on the book, reminding myself what it said, and thinking it through.
I'm going to TRY to get some posts up, but for the time being here's something I learned: we are, all of us, highly 'pulled' by the concrete as opposed to the abstract -- and the 'concrete' seems to mean sensory data as opposed to thoughts and/or emotions.
oh heck
Why don't I just write a post.
btw, I fixed the 'equation' above....
which was not an equation but an expression in its previous incarnation
Hi Piers - Good to see you!
The book is incredible.
Definitely must read as well as buy!
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