Get Everything Done

Ok so some some variation of Colley seems to be a useful heuristic for a good-enough and quick rational decisions. Final Version may therefore be like "find the benchmark resistance by scanning the list and keep applying Colley".

How might it compare to the even simpler non-rational decision?

In http://www.markforster.net/blog/2006/8/14/listen-to-your-heart.html#references

"What is my heart saying?” is very versatile. Its usefulness isn’t just confined to finding out what you really feel about a situation. You can also use it for making decisions, for checking out impulses or sudden impressions, or simply for getting directions as to what to do next.

“What could I do wholeheartedly right now?” is the heart-equivalent of Colley?

As Alan says "I now say I won't do them as set out". i think the insight here is the "as set out". Tasks may often need re-phrasing or chunking-down before they can be committed to whole heartedly. That may be a way of reducing resistance, ie increasing engagement and ease and flow. Perhaps "how can this task be changed to become whole-hearted?" Perhaps "readiness" is when a task has enough heart?

Ummm responding to my own post...

In http://www.markforster.net/forum/post/1075458#post1076737 Mark says "if you do try asking questions like [What stirs your heart? ] on a consistent basis you will find that your mind gradually starts to resist the implications of the question."

I agree with that. Our "reactive self" monitors perceived threats and dangers and communicates to us via emotions and body sensations. And I think that's why tasks have to be re-expressed to feel safer, secure and more fun. Re-interpreted or re-defined. If not, then we start to generate reasons to stay in the familiar. If an action is not appealing we can't be whole-hearted. But the unappealingness may come from how we've defined the task or situation, or what we believe or have assumed around it.