<story><title>Laziness does not exist (2018)</title><url>https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dustintrex</author><text>The title is clickbaity and the content a bit overboard, but this statement resonates:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;If a person’s behavior doesn’t make sense to you, it is because you are missing a part of their context.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Working in a large company with lots of stakeholders pulling in different directions, I&amp;#x27;ve lost count of how many times I&amp;#x27;ve heard X complain that Y is an idiot and what they&amp;#x27;re doing makes no sense, and then talked to Y directly and realized that from &lt;i&gt;their&lt;/i&gt; point of view Y&amp;#x27;s actions are entirely rational.</text></comment>
<story><title>Laziness does not exist (2018)</title><url>https://humanparts.medium.com/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sdwr</author><text>Human problems can always be redefined. This reminds me of something on (the old) SSC, about how new psychological frameworks for treatment always look promising at discovery, then tail off in effectiveness down to the rest of the pack as they&amp;#x27;re adopted more widely. The author here has something to give: enthusiasm, understanding, compassion, and it&amp;#x27;s not surprising that he is finding outsized results.&lt;p&gt;My own experience with procrastination is one of failing to clear mental hurdles. I always did assignments at the last minute, and relied on adrenaline and unconscious skill to carry me over the finish line. The bar eventually got high enough that I couldn&amp;#x27;t clear it in one late-night coffee-fueled panic, and I started balking at the line.</text></comment>