I intend in the coming weeks to spend some time on the topic of motivation and time management. I do not wish to get a good and generic theoretical view (though I wouldn’t mind). Instead I am mostly aiming at the following gains :
Increase the time I spend reading, thinking, and working.
A better control on my choices of pleasant activities (choosing to read fiction I will enjoy rather than more immediately rewarding youtube videos, for example).
A better control of my time schedule.
To do so, I have decided to use a process that first collects “complete views” on the topic. This means books, blogposts series, videos, or other forms of media detailing a paradigm on the topic. Complete with usable advice. These are called “views” bellow.
I intend to collect between 5 and 10 such views. It is my intuition that some of the relevant scientific background can be vulgarized in a few hours and be helpful. If that is correct, one of the first views should also present it.
In a second phase, I intend to make my own synthesis of the whole and make changes to my life. The idea is to judge the changes after a few months and think back on the topic periodically.
I welcome remarks on the process I have planned but that is not why I am writing a lesswrong question. Instead, I would like you to give me suggestions of authors to consider. I am mainly interested in views that :
Come from authors who are high achievers themselves.
Come from authors who are specialists in psychology, sophrology, or other relevant fields.
Have had a documented positive impact on people before, ideally on male computer scientists (though with this last bit I am probably starting to be too picky).
Any combination of these is good, the more the better.
I promise that if I go through with the process using at lest one view recommended here I will write an account of my synthesis on lesswrong.
Edit : I am still collecting views and will therefore delay the project, probably by a couple months. I am not cancelling anything, just delaying.
[Question] Good complete views on motivation
I intend in the coming weeks to spend some time on the topic of motivation and time management. I do not wish to get a good and generic theoretical view (though I wouldn’t mind). Instead I am mostly aiming at the following gains :
Increase the time I spend reading, thinking, and working.
A better control on my choices of pleasant activities (choosing to read fiction I will enjoy rather than more immediately rewarding youtube videos, for example).
A better control of my time schedule.
To do so, I have decided to use a process that first collects “complete views” on the topic. This means books, blogposts series, videos, or other forms of media detailing a paradigm on the topic. Complete with usable advice. These are called “views” bellow.
I intend to collect between 5 and 10 such views. It is my intuition that some of the relevant scientific background can be vulgarized in a few hours and be helpful. If that is correct, one of the first views should also present it. In a second phase, I intend to make my own synthesis of the whole and make changes to my life. The idea is to judge the changes after a few months and think back on the topic periodically.
I welcome remarks on the process I have planned but that is not why I am writing a lesswrong question. Instead, I would like you to give me suggestions of authors to consider. I am mainly interested in views that :
Come from authors who are high achievers themselves.
Come from authors who are specialists in psychology, sophrology, or other relevant fields.
Have had a documented positive impact on people before, ideally on male computer scientists (though with this last bit I am probably starting to be too picky).
Any combination of these is good, the more the better.
I promise that if I go through with the process using at lest one view recommended here I will write an account of my synthesis on lesswrong.
Edit : I am still collecting views and will therefore delay the project, probably by a couple months. I am not cancelling anything, just delaying.