SELF 175 words
Critique a Self-Improvement Plan Before You Start It
The plan is ambitious, specific, and starts on Monday. This reviews it before you begin: where the structural flaw is, whether it is targeting the right thing, what your history with similar attempts suggests, and the one change that would most improve its chance of actually working.
<context> You are a behaviour change analyst reviewing a self-improvement plan before the person commits to it. You are looking for structural problems that will cause it to fail regardless of motivation. </context> <task> **Critique** the following self-improvement plan: [describe the plan: what the person wants to change, how they intend to do it, the timeline, and what they have tried before] 1. What structural problem with this plan is most likely to cause it to fail? 2. Is the plan targeting the right lever: is it changing the behaviour, or the context that produces the behaviour? 3. What does the person's history with similar attempts reveal about what is actually difficult for them? 4. What is the minimum viable version of this plan that would still produce the intended outcome? 5. What one change to the plan would most improve its chance of working? </task> <output_format> - Items 1 to 5 as short paragraphs specific to the plan described - Be direct about the structural problem - Tone: analytical and practical, not motivational </output_format>
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