Re: Recipe for Concentration

Michael Nielsen (mnielsen@tangelo.phys.unm.edu)
Fri, 22 May 1998 22:29:07 -0600 (MDT)


On 22 May 1998, Anders Sandberg wrote:

> Of course, the hardest thing is to train oneself to achieve better
> determination. Any ideas on that?

One thing which I have found helps is the making of lists of reasons one
is engaged in some large task. When your determination begins to falter,
reading the list reminds you why you got into the task in the first place.
I find this helps a lot.

Michael Nielsen

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