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12-23-2013, 12:38 AM
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Author Nassim Taleb has a good suggestion for doing New Year's Resolutions.
He posted this on his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151925071043375&id=13012333374):
PLEASE SHARE VIA NEGATIVA RULES.
I am quite certain that new year resolutions don't really work, are more wishful thinking (gyms are full in January and empty in February)… except that interdicts have worked in history: halal/kashrut dietary laws, etc. I have personally never been successful with positive resolutions, but have been with stated negative year-end rules: in 2007 (never be late for the year 2008 which worked well by injecting redundancies, and seems to have effortless carried over to today) and 2012 (** reading outside of math for 2013, with weak exceptions).
Intuitively this makes sense. Easier to eliminate some bad practice, rather than doing something new. We'll try in 2014.
SEE ALSO: Nassim Taleb's nastiest comments about eco**mists (http://www.businessinsider.com/nassim-taleb-on-eco**mists-2013-12)
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Author Nassim Taleb has a good suggestion for doing New Year's Resolutions.
He posted this on his Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10151925071043375&id=13012333374):
PLEASE SHARE VIA NEGATIVA RULES.
I am quite certain that new year resolutions don't really work, are more wishful thinking (gyms are full in January and empty in February)… except that interdicts have worked in history: halal/kashrut dietary laws, etc. I have personally never been successful with positive resolutions, but have been with stated negative year-end rules: in 2007 (never be late for the year 2008 which worked well by injecting redundancies, and seems to have effortless carried over to today) and 2012 (** reading outside of math for 2013, with weak exceptions).
Intuitively this makes sense. Easier to eliminate some bad practice, rather than doing something new. We'll try in 2014.
SEE ALSO: Nassim Taleb's nastiest comments about eco**mists (http://www.businessinsider.com/nassim-taleb-on-eco**mists-2013-12)
Join the conversation about this story » (http://www.businessinsider.com/nassim-taleb-new-years-resolutions-2013-12#comments)
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