Comments on: Tyler Cowen on Time Management

By: Time management

Time management — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:01:12 +0000

[...] Will Wilkinson disagrees. I stand between the two. I think it is often tempting to pretend that you are ‘not good at time management’ when you are either lazy or demotivated. But I also think that time management skills can be improved – primarily by adopting a relentlessly single-minded approach to your tasks, for example: [...]

By: Kent Jobs

Kent Jobs — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:13:13 +0000

I feel your pain.

By: Kent Jobs

Kent Jobs — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:13:13 +0000

I feel your pain.

By: Time Management

Time Management — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:56:28 +0000

I'm not quite sure what you were trying to say, though in my opinion at least, Time cannot be managed. Only you can manage your actions, never the time itself

By: popular slot machines

popular slot machines — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:19:46 +0000

It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth — and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up, we will then begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had.

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By: consejos de belleza

consejos de belleza — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:18:00 +0000

im interesed in this too

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By: Alexis Gallagher

Alexis Gallagher — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:26:42 +0000

Thank you for using the word akrasia! Now I have that lovely word, along with the term “psychological egoism”, to brandish like elegant and finely-made swords, next time I am find myself gobsmacked by this same piece of silliness.

By: x. trapnel

x. trapnel — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:53:55 +0000

Nice post. More generally, I'm gobsmacked by people–whether philosophers or economists, and it's usually one of the two–who deny that akrasia exists and is important. Sigh.

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:52:37 +0000

I agree with Will's general perspective, but I would caution again the facile assumption that higher-order desires are somehow more “real” or indicative of the “true” self. They may simply reflect the reification of first-order desire that are being more or less frustrated in the status quo. Your “true” self, if there is one, may well represent a compromise between competing desires or levels of desire.

If you take multiple selves seriously, then the difficulty (I won't say impossibility) of interpersonal utility comparisons comes into play. There may just be a genuine conflict of interests between different selves. When someone says they want to develop better time management skills, that might just be one (currently frustrated) self looking for a better strategy to use in its ongoing conflict with other selves.

By: Michael Drake

Michael Drake — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:28:56 +0000

Anywhere I can get a summary of this article? I'm very busy.

By: Will Wilkinson

Will Wilkinson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:51:40 +0000

It costs about the same as any book. Do they all have the same marginal value?

By: Will Wilkinson

Will Wilkinson — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:48:41 +0000

Well, my experience is that the marginal cost of improving time management is very high. There are almost no effectively biding precommitment contracts, and the cost of getting into one is steep.

By: Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:13:23 +0000

I'll add a query: what does “Getting Things Done” sell for? That's about its marginal value. It doesn't reflect a big shift in time use.