Don’t worry, I’m not going to actually “pull down my pants” and show you the cruel photographs.
But, I am going to expose something even more frightening.
According to an article in Psychology Today, Dr. Glenn Croston explains why the majority of people would literally rather die than face public humiliation.
It turns out human beings have that unfortunate trait hard-wired into their brains.
It’s a primitive survival mechanism…
When early humans stood up in front of their tribe and grunted unacceptable dialog, they were often kicked out and forced to face large predators and starvation without protection from the group.
The cave-dweller who knew how to keep his mouth shut had a much better chance of survival and was therefore more likely to pass this trait on to his offspring.
But, lucky for us, that fear-trait can be channeled into the greatest productivity tool ever invented…
The Public Humiliation Technique for Getting Things Done
Considering the above, it only stands to reason that one of the most effective ways to guarantee you’ll follow through with a project (such as setting up, scheduling and maintaining a blog) is to announce it to the public.
Either you deliver your project on-time as promised or face public humiliation (which, as we just discussed, is only slightly less terrifying than being thrown into a pit of velociraptors).
So, to fully demonstrate this technique, I will not only promise to update this blog every day (or face public humiliation), but to prove my unmatched fearlessness, I’m also going to let everyone see this blog in all its naked glory.
For example:
I haven’t filled out the “About” page…
There’s nothing on the “Contact” page…
My sidebar displays nothing but a place-holder…
The are only two blog posts: this one, and one explaining how the initial premise of this blog is the stupidest idea in the history of blogging.
Now… if you’re seeing this post much after Sept 17, 2017, you might not see anything too embarrassing (and, a lot of the things I mentioned above are already resolved), so you should probably go on to the next post. It’s probably a good one.
So, what do you think of all this?
Do you have the courage to use the Public Humiliation technique?
Let me know in the comment section below.
Or, just humiliate me… whatever.
Seriously, fire away, Captain. I need to test the new comments mechanism.
