Rewards Overhaul Part II

2. Stay Engaged by setting up a system of incremental rewards.

To achieve the sustained effort required to pursue spectacular achievements, you must trick yourself into staying engaged.  To achieve the sustained effort required to pursue spectacular achievements, you must trick yourself into staying engaged.  If you cannot completely overcome your obsession with short-term rewards, you must use it to your advantage by establishing a series of near-term rewards-- they psychological equivalent of grades, paychecks, and affirmations. .. You must be crearive in developing a set of incremental rewards that represent progress in long-term pursuits.