What functions do you think are evident in the following conversation?
You have no choice. This is what you have to do.
It’d be easier if I didn’t have a choice, but I do.
This way results in success; this one - failure. Who in their right mind would choose failure? So you don’t have a choice.
Well I do. I have a choice between success or failure then – if you want to label them like that.
But failure isn’t an option.
Why not?
What are you talking about? Of course it’s not an option.
I’m just saying that technically, I have a choice. I don’t understand why you want me to tell myself that I don’t, when I do. Do you think I can trick myself into believing there’s only one way to go about this?
It’s not about tricking. It’s about looking at the situation logically. There is only one logical way to go about this, and once you determine which way that is, you have to go that route. Why on earth would you go the other way?
It’s not about why. I’m just saying that I can’t pretend to myself that I don’t have a choice when I do.
But you don’t!! Success or failure. What sane person would choose failure?
That’s just zooming ahead to the end result though. If I were a robot, that would be really helpful. But it's not taking into account willpower or lack thereof, continued motivation and things like that.
So this is why you make your plans ahead of time. That way you’ve made a commitment in your head – it’s set in concrete, and you know you have no option but to stick to it.
But I do have an option! How is it stuck in concrete?!
etc..