For me it's not about empathy, it's the external accountability and pressure, I.e. it needs to be someone you're not suuuper comfortable with.
But it is by far the best way to motivate myself.
But it is by far the best way to motivate myself.
It swings both ways for me. Either super comfortable or uncomfortable.
What doesn't work is hiring a virtual assistant to hold me accountable. As soon as I pay them and they report to me, they are the same loop as my own brain. No empathy brain! :D. This is bleak I know.
Needs to be something where you can't just stop as you wish.
Body doubling is different though. for that basically anyone works from my experience