Abdaal recommends using positive reinforcement to build productivity. Rewarding yourself for completing tasks can create a positive feedback loop that encourages continued productivity.
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Ali Abdaal’s “Feel-Good Productivity” transforms how we view getting things done, emphasizing joy, energy management, and a purposeful approach to enhance our well-being.
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Thorndike’s Law of Effect led B.F. Skinner to the study of instrumental conditioning, where behaviour could be manipulated by applying rewards and punishments.
To describe this paradigm, some terminology is useful since they are often confused in popular discussions:
We need to build a system based on positive feedback loops, in order to get constant encouragement and move it in the right direction.
The main principle for a better system design is to have no wrongness or judgement associated with it so that we are unable to judge ourse...
Positive and negative reinforcement is powerful to sustain many habits. For example, drugs alleviate negative feelings and add positive ones.
Similarly, a habit of judgmentalness can be positively reinforced, such as the thrill of being right or feeling intellectually superior.
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