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Podcast: Using “commitment devices” to achieve your goals

How to give yourself no choice but to achieve your goals.

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On this episode, we chat about commitment devices—forcing functions you can add to your life to accomplish more of your goals. Topics covered include:

  • What commitment devices are;
  • How they work for both approach and avoidance goals;
  • The intention—action gap;
  • Financial commitment devices;
  • Social devices;
  • Ways of adding and removing friction for goal attainment.

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Chris Bailey
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Chris Bailey

Chris is the bestselling author of four books—Intentional, How to Calm Your Mind, Hyperfocus, and The Productivity Project—which have been published in more than 40 languages. He also hosts the Intentional AI podcast, writes a biweekly newsletter, The Recap, and speaks to audiences around the world on how they can become more productive without hating the process.

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