The Pavlok is a watch designed to eradicate your bad habits through aversive conditioning, that is by associating them to a punishment (in this case, an electric shock). You might have heard of it because of the infamous pitch its creator, Maneesh Sethi, made on Shark Tank. Indeed, one of the Sharks, Kevin …

The Pavlok is a watch that was designed to give you an electric shock every time you indulge in a bad habit. The idea is that if you associate a bad habit to a punishment, you will be less likely to do it in the future. For more information, you can read my full review of the Pavlok 3 by clicking here. Unfortunately, …

Like everyone, I have bad habits I wish to break. One of them is to quit using Facebook and YouTube as they rob me of my focus and distract me from my goals. More specifically, I check Facebook very often and I tend to watch or listen to videos on YouTube that are unrelated to my task at hand. To help me in my …

Ever since I have read Atomic Habits by James Clear, I have been trying to improve my life by creating good habits and breaking bad ones. Through this process, I’ve stumbled on the idea of aversive conditioning, or the idea that you can break bad habits by associating them to a punishment – for instance, by receiving …