Although it looks the same as punching a clock,and allows you to focus on the activity rather than completing the task. Of course, there is no need to worry that the lack of a time-out limit will make you slack off. After all, everyone has a good heart, and who doesn't want to do better each time than the last time? As long as we focus on the learning and growth activity itself and experience the fun, we can maintain a strong learning motivation and turn passive learning into active learning. Clocking and recording, it seems, is just the name of the difference, but the difference is very subtle, need to be carefully understood. At the same time, we will use a new policy in the task setting: set the lower limit, not the upper limit. For example, you had to memorize 20 words a day to punch a clock, which was the upper limit of the task. Assuming that it was not easy to do, you would breathe a sigh of relief as soon as the task was completed, thinking: Finally, it is done.

Now adjust the task to memorizing 5 words [1] - an easy lower limit, which has the following benefits: You complete the goal without any burden, and at this time just into the learning state, energetic, willing to follow the inertia to continue learning, after all, after learning a word is an additional harvest, the mentality is completely different, easy to immerse your body and mind, will not worry about when to complete the task. The wisdom of this strategy is that it takes the stress out of the task it avoids the need for task closure, and you can keep learning as long as you find it interesting until you find it too taxing. Because there is no specific cap, the new strategy is much more dynamic than the clock-in model, and the dynamic is sustainably acquired. Beyond that, this strategy fits perfectly with the principle of deliberate practice -- keeping yourself on the edge of your comfort zone. Because by doing this, you're learning just a little bit but not too hard each time, whereas punching a clock with a fixed number of tasks is easy to feel boring or difficult and give up. Of course, I didn't come up with this strategy. I took it from the book Micro-Habits. Author Stephen Gass made it a point to do one push-up a day, read one page a day, and write 50 words a day in order to create a good habit. The no-burden habit eventually led him to get in shape, develop a reading habit, and write his own book. He says the method is too simple to fail. I personally tested it. You can try it. When it comes to learning, maintaining intrinsic motivation is the most important thing. But the road to staying motivated is harder than punching a clock. However, doing hard work is rewarding, because it is closer to the requirements of success. Of course, it's not enough just to stay motivated. To truly succeed, you have to learn to create motivation.