Self-discipline in 10 days

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1. nistenJun 2020
   Alright man, let's try this out.

   Looked it up on amazon and the book was free with an audible trial. Hope it works.

   There was one other book, a very short one, it's more like an excercise book really with space for you to write your answers.

   Has a very "commercial" title I'd say, it's called Self Discipline in 10 days.

   It's a bit of a psychological rollercoaster and but I did find it pretty effective when I went through it years ago. It will ask you to write down and articulate your biggest failures fears etc.. Try it out :)

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2. nestorherreNov 2017
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3. nestorherreSep 2017
   For procastination:

   This book really helped me into stoping procastination and using my time in the things that I really wanted: "Self discipline in 10 days"

   As stated above, the pomodoro technique is very useful. You can find a lot of webapps that you could use for that matter. In the beggining, I recommend you to use less work time if you struggle a lot (25 mins can be too much if you're not used to it)

   For sleeping:

   You can do a number of things, for example, excercising (also as stated above), it can range from running, swimming, playing a sport, weightlifting, etc, altough with your schedule it can be hard to fit in. Another resource that helped me at some point was drinking valerian extract (herb), some drops in a glass of water are pretty good. Also, you can try what in psychotherapy (more accurate in logotherapy) is called as paradoxical intention. Instead of trying to fall asleep by forcing it, just try to stay awake as long as you can. Eventually you will be so tired that you will fall asleep and have a good night.

   Hope this helps.

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4. kylebrownMay 2012
   Thank you very much. That's definitely the study I was referring to.

   The follow-up experiments you mention, where the coping strategies are taught, sound extremely interesting. Hopefully us info-addicts are not already too old to develop such "effective attentional control systems."

   I installed focus.py this weekend (after seeing it here on HN), and am looking forward to some productivity gains. It was months ago that I read "Self-discipline in 10 days" (probably also on an HN recommendation). The key take-away (which I keep reminding myself) was that self-discipline is a skill that is learned and practiced, a muscle which is strengthened through exercise.

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5. bricoMar 2012
   i had a similar problem: I worked on several projects parallel, had sheet after sheet with notes of "awesome" ideas, was interested in everything, read photography-blogs to recipe-sites, listened to podcasts and so on.

   I lacked focus and once I shut off everything I realized that I didn't really need to know all that stuff, it cluttered my mind. With my projects, once I hit the first wall I prefered to start a new project or do something different than spending some time on fixing my problem with the other project.

   so what helped for me? I tried to create an environment at home where I could focus: there is only 1 book on the nightstand and I'd rather not read one night because I'm not in the mood for this particular book than starting a new one as I once did.

   I plan my meals for 1 week with the supplies I have and I only go shopping once a week, this prevents me from coming home, not knowing what to eat, losing time and energy on something trivial because once I had a problem with one project I suddenly found myself shopping at the supermarket in order to try out a new recipe I just read about on some forum.

   So I just sit there and do my stuff and it has worked wonders. I write down which parts I want to have finished by the end of the week and even if I don't meet my goals I'm still going to bed satisfied because I know I couldn't have done better that day and I'm eager to get out of bed on sunday because I know exactly the night before what I will be working on the next day. And interesting enough, once I finished some small projects I suddenly was able to dismiss 90% of my ideas as not worth doing

   The only book I've read on this subject is "self discipline in 10 days" and it helped me with getting back my focus. Once I snap out of my workflow and my mind starts wandering I use my "inner voice" to remind me that I have to focus and it works :)

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6. firefoxman1Sep 2011
   There is an amazing (short) book called "Self Discipline in 10 Days" helped me get over a few of those inevitable slumps/burnout periods and prevented them for the most part since then.

   Here are a few ZenHabits articles that help too: http://zenhabits.net/how-to-defeat-burnout-and-stay-motivate... http://zenhabits.net/the-lazy-manifesto-do-less-then-do-even...

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