A related technique might be called the “tie-in.” So for example, the civil rights advocate who wants to quit smoking might resolve to donate $100 to the KKK if he smokes another cigarette. So that the goal of quitting smoking gets attached to the goal of not wanting to betray one’s passionately held core beliefs.
In fact, one could say that most motivational techniques rely on some form of goal-tweaking.
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A related technique might be called the “tie-in.” So for example, the civil rights advocate who wants to quit smoking might resolve to donate $100 to the KKK if he smokes another cigarette. So that the goal of quitting smoking gets attached to the goal of not wanting to betray one’s passionately held core beliefs.
In fact, one could say that most motivational techniques rely on some form of goal-tweaking.