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So...this is a method to develop iron self-discipline, which requires nothing to start save for iron self-discipline.
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Author here. I am a fan of box breathing, along with several other "proven" breathing techniques. Not sure what the downside is of experimenting with new techniques to add to one's tool set? Keep in mind that I'm just a guy on the internet who discovered something that worked and decided to share it with others in the hope that they'd also find it helpful.
The only downside is wasted time, and possibly wasted money if people get hooked into the productivity rabbit hole and end up spending ridiculous amounts of money on apps, books, gadgets and whatever else trying to be more productive. I say this as someone who was probably like you once. I took a Big 5 personality test in my mid twenties that said that I had a low conscientiousness score which meant that I was pretty…
I applaud your journey. (Genuinely!) But isn't it possible that even though you and I have followed a similar path re productivity systems, the path has suited me better than it has suited you? And not because either of us is a better or worse person than the other, but because we're simply different?
Here's the way I see it [0]: Society is a pack of cards with multiple suits, and there's an ace in each suit. If someone else's ace card doesn't work for you, it doesn't necessarily mean they're full of sh*t; it might just mean they belong to a different suit.
[0] https://www.indiehackers.com/post/chasing-other-peoples-ace-...
I would recommend Walter Mischel's 2014 book "The Marshmallow Test." He argues that the power of the marshmallow test is not in demonstrating that some children innately have more self-control than others, but in revealing how this skill can be cultivated and improved with practice and the right strategies. I think the critiques are completely valid, Mischel did not account for many variables like socioeconomic statu…
So regardless of the validity of the method proposed here, I'd say that framing this article around references to that experiment is a mistake.
> In short: You hold your breath and don't allow yourself to breathe again until you begin taking an action that aligns with your goals. So...this is a method to develop iron self-discipline, which requires nothing to start save for iron self-discipline.
Of course doing anything requires some degree of self discipline, if you want to call it that. But not all actions need iron-clad discipline.
This one, this one will surely help me break my social media addiction...
It is question of motivation. Motivation uses logical forebrain, best way is to take thinking out of equation. - marshmallow test is invalid, if kids do not trust adult. It would not work on kids from rough neighbourhood, who would get second marshmallow stollen. Single marshmallow is logical choice in this case. Apply that on savings and inflation... - if phone alarm does not wake you up, use lamp with timer. 10000…
I would recommend Walter Mischel's 2014 book "The Marshmallow Test." He argues that the power of the marshmallow test is not in demonstrating that some children innately have more self-control than others, but in revealing how this skill can be cultivated and improved with practice and the right strategies. I think the critiques are completely valid, Mischel did not account for many variables like socioeconomic statu…
Yes, that famous marshmallow test has now been debunked several times from several angles. Many of them come down to the issue that the test was not measuring the participants' willpower so much as it was measuring their confidence that the test administrator would follow through on their promise. So regardless of the validity of the method proposed here, I'd say that framing this article around references to that ex…
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Can you please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the site guidelines when posting here? You broke quite a few of them here. " Please don't fulminate. " " Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. " " Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good crit…
Can I have edit permissions restored so I can rewrite it to be less inflammatory? I was harsh because I've wasted a lot of my time on this stuff which I'd rather help others avoid - I went into this in a reply to the author in the comment thread for context. For what it's worth I would reword it as: If you become aware that you’re scared, stressed or overactive and distracted, do some 4-4-4-4 box method breathing unt…
(and I hear you about the conversation downthread - I didn't see that earlier)