Agree. Would have said it shorter. Akrasia is an applause light. Taboo the meaning then fix it. I have helped people through Akrasia problems. It always starts with me asking for a more concrete and specific example of the problem.
See also: depression, procrastination, “I’m in pain”, “relationship problems ”, time management, bad memory.
All things for which the one word summary hides the nature of the situation and makes it harder to diagnose.
“Why am I not doing X?” “Because you suffer from the not-doing-the-thing syndrome, which people educated in Latin call ‘akrasia’.” ”Thank you, Captain Obvious, you solved my problem!” ″Actually, I am a Captain Knows-One-Latin-Word, but you are welcome!”
Agree. Would have said it shorter. Akrasia is an applause light. Taboo the meaning then fix it. I have helped people through Akrasia problems. It always starts with me asking for a more concrete and specific example of the problem.
See also: depression, procrastination, “I’m in pain”, “relationship problems ”, time management, bad memory.
All things for which the one word summary hides the nature of the situation and makes it harder to diagnose.
Or perhaps a fake explanation or a mysterious answer.
“Why am I not doing X?”
“Because you suffer from the not-doing-the-thing syndrome, which people educated in Latin call ‘akrasia’.”
”Thank you, Captain Obvious, you solved my problem!”
″Actually, I am a Captain Knows-One-Latin-Word, but you are welcome!”
Because this is LW I feel obligated to point out that it’s Greek, not Latin :-P
One coaching course I took had as one of the core principles a 90⁄10 rule: 90% questions of what the coach says is supposed to be questions.