You are not the author of your biography. At least, not yet. Some combination of experiences along with present environmental factors is driving the vast majority of your behavior, literally writing the story in front of you. Becoming the protagonist means molding your environment so, as it continues its inexorable molding process, you progress, according to the tale you want to tell The story of this began as you first learned how the world works.

Recap: Intermittent Reward, known as Variable Ratio Reinforcement Schedule within Applied Behavior Analysis, is a powerful concept from psychology. It states that the anticipation of reward for a behavior increases motivation to do that behavior, and the rise in motivation is higher when the reward is not guaranteed As you begin to use this concept as a motivation tool, there are a few things you’ll learn along the way that are not always obvious.

Intermittent Reward, known as Variable Ratio Reinforcement Schedule within Applied Behavior Analysis, is a powerful concept from psychology. It states that the anticipation of reward for a behavior increases motivation to do that behavior, and the rise in motivation is higher when the reward is not guaranteed Once you know about this, it explains a lot of things you see in the world. A lot of really “sticky” products are built to take advantage of this, so their users spend more time and money on them.

We just shipped an iOS app to TestFlight, and now have data to share on how long the various required processes take to complete. This writeup only includes critical path timelines and assumes everything else gets done in parallel. In other words, during the process you are never blocked on app development, and while you are waiting, the app is built and tested using “Sign In with Your Apple ID”, Apple’s free offering with many limitations.