What is Reddit's opinion of Brain Big Bang - tasks booster?

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Try with sth easy to achieve, eg: run 5 times in this week. And next week set new, easy aim.
We are all lazy from the nature. Just exercise your will-power and you will become better at self-control.

There are tools that help to motivate people to do the tasks. Like Habitica or Brain Big Bang and others ...

My recommended way:
- set yourself:
-- very nice award - for doing the task
-- punishment - for not doing (procrastinating)
- start doing the task and parallelly reward or punish yourself ;]

BTW. If you like this way - check tool basing on it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtime.bbb

Assume I have to do boring task.
To motivate myself towrads this task I set "an award" for working on it.
Award is eg. shopping in mall center worth 100 USD.

There is an Android app supporting this flow.

Try this way:

• set yourself an award you really, really like to have (whatever you desire: book, gadget..)
• set yourself promise that for each 1 hours of learning you gain 1% of this desired award (or set other proportions award-learning)
• start learning and collect your desired award

Note: this Android app is easying above flow.

It's popular problem: loosing focus from primary task.

I fix it in that way:

• if I work on task - I reward myself
• if I unconsciously get distracted (eg. unconsciouisly read interesting art I accidently found in the net) - I punish myslef slightly
• if I'm counsciously lazing (eg. I read some article on net but I'm counsious that I should do the task) - I punish myself hard

It's quite good motivator to work, and discourager to laze ;]

I created productivity system (with Andorid app) basing on this idea. Description is here.

Clear list of goals/tasks/... is great but IMO it will not fix your core problems. People naturally have tendency for lazing or being easy distracted. These will not disappear because of "clear list of goals".

I recommend you tasks booster based on rewards (for work) and punishments (for lazing). Maybe this method can motivate you to better work. Try it here

I had exactly the same problems, tried pomodoro, GTD ... tons of tips ...

Finally I worked out own productivity system.
Idea is simple:

• set yourself an award worth eg. 100USD
• set task to do
• if you work on the task - you earn cash
• if you laze/distract - you lose cash
• finally - if you reach 100USD earnings - you get your award!

Here is short prezi with details. And here is Android app supporting this system.

Let me know what you think ab. it.

maybe try such system:

• nicely reward yourself for work on the task
• and punish for lazing (not doing the task)

look this task booster - it uses above approach

Try Brain Big Bang to increase your productivity.

Here is short prezi how it works.

Try Brain Big Bang system.

It motivates to work, discourage lazing....

Here is 7 slides desc.

According to better focus: many people here use Pomodore tech. For me it was not working, I recommend task booster.

80% productivity tips have zero value. Maybe they can somehow inspire, very slightly hint you but it's margnial.

Core solution to "get things done" is just by doing these things.

BTW. I'm now looking for people struggling with productivity. If you like - check my way - how to be motivated to work https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtime.bbb

Let me know if you have questions, comments ...

Cheers GR

Hope it's not too late ;]

Set yourself an award - sth you very, very want to have.
Then say yourself: ok, if I spent 100h on studing I can get "this award".

Now start studing and parallely monitor time spent on studing.

After 100h - get your desired award! Simple ;]

BTW. If you like this way - check this Android app basing on it. It can help a lot with monitoring time, limiting distractions, lazing ...

Do you have Android phone? If so you maybe you be interested in my app - tasks booster https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtime.bbb

app motivates to work and limits distractions/lazing

I'm looking now guys like you - to give them [for free] this app and test booster on wider community ;]

Cheers GR

pomodoro is ok but has HUGE drawback: you divide work on 25 mins runs

but in REAL life work length vary:
* sometimes it's 10 mins after which you MUST take a break
* other time you keep focus for 1h and still you can continue

I found better way to find focus
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtime.bbb

I had similar problem but with wasting time on browsing net.

Solution in short: reward yourself for not using Imgur, "punish" for using it.

How to do it: [details adopt to by your life ;]
- monitor time spent on Imgur
- charge yourself 1 USD for each minute of using Imgur
- assume daily you have new 15 USD for using Imgur
- what you not use from 15 USD -> goes to 'saving for new smart watch'
- what you exceed over 15 -> you repay from 'saving for new smart watch'

If you have Android you can automate this flow with this app.
This app enables also another flow like descrbed here in BBB guide on slides: 7, 8, 9

Let me know if you have questions.

bingo, I had the same

tried Pomodoro, GTD ... read lot of about productivity ... and nothing

finally created my own productivity system

it's not perfect - eg. it's not robot which substitute you in your job - you still must do "the work" ;]]]

but at least I am more producvtive
try it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtime.bbb

I also monitor my 'real pure work time' and it is usually about 4.5h of work per 8h of office stay. In bad days it's much less.

To monitor time [and boost mysefl] I created an app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtime.bbb

Try Brain Big Bang

I'm co-author. Don't hesitate to ask questions ;]

Brain Big Bang - tasks booster

I had similar problems.

Finally I worked out productivity system to fix it. Here is 7 slides prezentation how it works.

Tasks booster

Francesco, if you could remember about BBB - tnx ;] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtime.bbb

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtime.bbb

if you work on the task - you earn cash
if you laze - you lose cash
... details on 1st slide in app store

My best set: notepad++ with dropbox. Plus my own timer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gtime.bbb