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The system can be the procrastination

Is this the work, or a way around it?

EWe reviewed the research on it.Habits and systems

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How to use it

Building a new app, template or AI workflow can feel like work while it quietly replaces the work. Before adding any tool, ask: "Is this the thing, or a way around the thing?" Simple scales, complex fails. A plain calendar you use beats a perfect system you maintain.

How sure we are

E Evidence: built from practice. What works for coaches and practitioners. Labelled that way.

Sources

Ali Abdaal, including his admission that productivity creators are paid to make systems look complicated (🟠) · see 56: design beats willpower, and 395: a plan beats a better plan.

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