Comments on: Excuses, Excuses

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:25:47 +0000

Self-entrapment? Well, it's accurate in some sense since I do sometimes end up trapping myself with excuses not to work or study. But then they always end up getting blown out of proportion due to rising issues or complications.

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:30:53 +0000

This all reminds me of that Austrailian back-country sheep herder who won that uber-long footrace. He just didn't know any better!

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:44:48 +0000

We had a similar story on Neatorama a while ago, about how to raise smart children (hint: don't tell them they're smart)

By: Christophe

Christophe — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:23:09 +0000

darn, the brackets are gone... It's the fault of the brackets, not mine, no, no!

I didn't do - fill up the blank - because I was on Neatorama.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:20:42 +0000

I didn't do because I was on Neatorama.

By: sw

sw — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:12:36 +0000

i definately have this problem

By: Edward

Edward — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:14:34 +0000

This is an interesting conundrum. Ben Franklin said that planning for failure is superior to planning for success. My opinion is that one should plan for both and not allow excuses for either.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:22:46 +0000

Ahh, I just re-read it. The urge goes well beyond a mere lowering of expectations, and it has more to do with protecting self-image than with psychological conflicts rooted in early development, in the Freudian sense. I guess tend to mentally block out the word "Freudian" whenever I come across it. I used to roll my eyes whenever that name was mentioned. He was too sure of himself with subjects that had more depth then he explained them to have. I consider his work "Micky Mouse Psychology".

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:13:38 +0000

Idil,

What does Freud have to do with anything?

By: Idil

Idil — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:02:04 +0000

What does Freud know, anyway.

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:04:50 +0000

http://www.amazon.ca/Mental-Traps-Andre-Kukla/dp/product-description/0 385662491

I picked up a copy for $4.99 in the clearance section at the Indigo book store near me.

By: Scrabbler

Scrabbler — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:35:53 +0000

Thank goodness! Now I have an even better excuse about why I performed poorly in college.

By: paco

paco — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:42:07 +0000

What's the name of the book, Gauldar?

By: Gauldar

Gauldar — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:28:44 +0000

One of the many mental traps I can relate to. I've been reading a good book on how we set our selves up to fall into them, and how to notice them and prevent ourselves from falling into them.