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Okay.. this is the ted talk. I basically implemented his talk and molded it per my situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2paoNvG5Nmo

In this guy's case he was able to run a successful startup and his brother was able to get into and graduate from Harvard despite being terrible procrastinators. (because of the strategy.) He was not using a monetary based strategy. Basically he placed a hit on himself via his brother and viceversa to become successful.

Another thing he did was to write a letter to his ex and told his brother to mail it if he did not finish a certain task.

Again.. these are terrible examples. I would not advocate violence or stunts like this. In my own case, I used money but for others it could be anything. Any consequence they would like to avoid.




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