There comes a time when working towards a goal when no one else can do anything else to help you. The bribes, the rewards, the threats, the accountability: [...]

    Sometimes, pushing harder just doesn’t work. You can threaten yourself, punish yourself, browbeat yourself, and feel bad all you want, but it just doesn’t make a difference. So [...]

    Not ready for the scorn and ridicule you might face, were you to make your goals public and then fail to achieve them? Then maybe what you need [...]

    In the olden days, lawbreakers were put in the stocks in the public square so everyone in the village could walk by and take part in their humiliation. [...]