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		ChristianMarks on Feb 23, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Make Yourself Work When You Just Don’t Want... Yes, better to allocate the funds to a cause you actively oppose if you fail.

bgilroy26 on Feb 23, 2014 [–]

Donating to charity is good and making the donations large enough to be an effective disincentive would be foolhardy.

Try rewards rather than punishment. It seems like a sself-made, self-run system using rewards would be simpler and more resilient.

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