On 2018-10-11, at 16:03, Bingo <right...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Le 10 octobre 2018 21:45:53 GMT+05:30, Marcin Borkowski <mb...@mbork.pl> a > écrit : > >> >>- a warning when my efficiency is lower than a set value, and info >>about >> how much work I need to do to bump it up to that value. >> > > Nice, but it has an anti-feature. For procrastinators, warnings frequently > have negative effects. It can be understood in multiple ways : > > 1. "What the hell" effect : As Dr Art Marckman tells in the book "Smart > Change" , there is a "what the hell" effect where the victim goofs off even > more to the extent of giving up a goal if he realizes that he is falling > behind schedule, or has goofed off more than was advisable. The solution is > to forgive oneself, and not beat oneself up. This warning looks like beating > oneself up. > > 2. Showing how much work needs to be done to catch up goes against some self > improvement philosophies. E.g. dividing work into subtasks helps in not > getting overwhelmed by the amount of work. Or the recommendation to plan > breaks in addition to planning to slog, otherwise the plan to slog becomes > overwhelming and procrastinators give up. > > Of course, if it works for you, go for it. Fair enough. It seems I was not clear enough. The detailed report on my work on this day is one thing I only trigger manually. The notification about me not clocking anything says just "You have had no active clock for %d minutes!". Also, I have other devices in place to keep me on track. The thing is, they are day-based, and I felt that I need a bit more granularity. Also, I understand that forgiving instead of beating oneself off is important, and I do it when needed. (I can always reduce the "amount of work to do" manually, though I don't yet have any good UI for that.) So you're right, but I think I do take into consideration. And remember that this is an early prototype, also in terms of whether it works for me or not. Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl
