The MotivAider: Helpful or Not? Possible Uses?

I have Duff to thank for discovering this potentially helpful gadget.

I haven’t found any critical reviews of this product, so hopefully this thread will generate that:) The company gives some broad categorical applications and Duff has let us in on his current and very concrete use.

Summary: small and convenient device can be set at regular intervals to vibrate. You associate some thought or action with the vibration. Every time it vibrates you engage that thought or action. In Duff’s case, he busts out push-ups:)

My initial reaction was one of skepticism, thinking a bit limited in use. Then the idea of using it started to grow on me and my wife and I have discussed it’s potential benefit. Before buying one (or two) we want to make sure that we have multiple sincere applications that correspond to the price.

What are some positive uses of this tool (concrete/specific)?

Are there any negative results in using the MotivAider?

Is it really worth the money?

Re: The MotivAider: Helpful or Not? Possible Uses?

I’m sure this device would have its uses and appropriate situations. However, you have to ask yourself: what are you looking to build into your body?

For some situations, a device like this could develop a dependancy on a device like this… and, does this device simply allow us to operate the new behaviour like yet another ‘distraction’ in a pile of distractions? “Oh, good, I don’t need to worry about that, the timer will take of it.” Is that the kind of thinking / holding we want to have around an important practice or habit?

An alternative that encourages an increase in awareness from the ‘power of why’ behind a new practice or habit is the accountability buddy method.

I found using an accountability buddy really shifted my thinking and awareness around the practice, and not in the ways that I thought it would. It produced great results but in via a non-linear path, and changes occurred for me unconsciously. I found not only an awareness of my behaviours in question and a ‘closing of the gap’, but also some changes that didn’t seem directly related… yet, they had to be related, since I had been ‘trying’ to do this particular practice for years and just hadn’t gotten reliable with it. Dn’t get me wrong - it wasn’t a ‘painless’ process, but it got results.

Anyway, for considering a range of options, definately consider an accountabilty buddy: it might just work!

Re: The MotivAider: Helpful or Not? Possible Uses?

I think the idea of an accountability buddy is a fantastic idea. Everyone should be held accountable for the specific things they say they are going to do.

This, however, is not a new thing; if I tell my little girl that i will take her to the movies and something else comes up, I am going to be held totally accountable to not keeping that promis. If my girlfriend's birthday is today and I have forgotten like the cad I am, I will be held so responsible for my forgetfulness that the bed will probably get real cold.

Being held accountable for our actions and promisses should not seem so new, but many do not feel they need to be accountable.

Yes I think that is a fantastic idea and I will talk to those over in Activezaadz about the same thing.

Great Idea!!!