Having a Tough time Sticking to your Goals? Put a Contract out on Yourself...

Ankesh,

Figured you'd enjoy that one...

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SUPER CRUNCHERS might be a Good read for some...

Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to be Smart...

At the time, Profesor Ayres was in the research phase of his book Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers is the New Way to be Smart. It just so happened that this research required him to interview Karlan on the subject of poverty-alleviation initiatives. Once that business was out of the way, Karlan told Ayres about The Commitment Store. Ayres loved the concept, both as a personal tool that he’d go on to try himself (click here to read his personal weight loss story), and as a business opportunity. Before long, their discussions gave birth to a bouncing baby stickK!
http://www.randomhouse.com/bantamdell/supercrunchers/

Test drive some of Ian Ayres' suggested prediction tools...

Some interesting business ideas and possibilities in a few of these...
http://islandia.law.yale.edu/ayres/predictionTools.htm

Phil