Re: Re: Now we know the formula of resistance...
Malte Finsterwalder <[email protected]> Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:46:59 +0100
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James Bach wrote:
> I think the authors of the article don't understand procrastination. Perhaps
> they should have procrastinated longer before publishing.
That's a strong statement.
The article is only a short abstract of the authors 10 year real
research, I suppose.
You can find more at:
http://www.haskayne.ucalgary.ca/research/WorkingPapers/research/media/HROD_working_papers/2003_07.pdf
(I didn't read it myself, yet...)
> Procrastinating about, say, mowing the lawn, is entirely different from
> procrastinating about intellectual work. For me "procrastination" is often
> about incubating. The urge to procrastinate is often a sign that more
> mulling is needed. I am resistant to bad solutions.
Yes. We do procastinate for different reasons.
I didn't quite wrap my head around this, but maybe the "formula" covers
these different reasons in the different parameters?
Utility = E * V / (Gamma * D)
If I procrastinate mowing the lawn, that's probably because the value of
the outcome (V) is not very high for me.
I probably also have a high tolerance for delaying the activity. I'm
acutally not sure how that would be factored into the formular, since I
don't yet quite understand Gamma and D.
When I procrastinate intellectual work, because I'm not sure yet whether
I know how to do it (I suspect I need more mulling around), E will be low.
Greetings,
Malte
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<p>James Bach wrote:<br>
> I think the authors of the article don't understand procrastination. Perhaps<br>
> they should have procrastinated longer before publishing.<br>
<br>
That's a strong statement.<br>
The article is only a short abstract of the authors 10 year real<br>
research, I suppose.<br>
You can find more at:<br>
<a href="http://www.haskayne.ucalgary.ca/research/WorkingPapers/research/media/HROD_working_papers/2003_07.pdf">http://www.haskayne<wbr>.ucalgary.<wbr>ca/research/<wbr>WorkingPapers/<wbr>research/<wbr>media/HROD_<wbr>working_papers/<wbr>2003_07.pdf</a><br>
(I didn't read it myself, yet...)<br>
<br>
> Procrastinating about, say, mowing the lawn, is entirely different from<br>
> procrastinating about intellectual work. For me "procrastination" is often<br>
> about incubating. The urge to procrastinate is often a sign that more<br>
> mulling is needed. I am resistant to bad solutions.<br>
<br>
Yes. We do procastinate for different reasons.<br>
I didn't quite wrap my head around this, but maybe the "formula" covers<br>
these different reasons in the different parameters?<br>
<br>
Utility = E * V / (Gamma * D)<br>
<br>
If I procrastinate mowing the lawn, that's probably because the value of<br>
the outcome (V) is not very high for me.<br>
I probably also have a high tolerance for delaying the activity. I'm<br>
acutally not sure how that would be factored into the formular, since I<br>
don't yet quite understand Gamma and D.<br>
<br>
When I procrastinate intellectual work, because I'm not sure yet whether<br>
I know how to do it (I suspect I need more mulling around), E will be low.<br>
<br>
Greetings,<br>
Malte<br>
<br>
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