Exterminating Nine of Your Family Members

The Nine Familial Exterminations was a punishment that involved the killing of nine types of family members.

When the legalist Shang Yang was drawn and quartered by five horses, his family was executed.

It speaks to something we’ve mostly moved away from, except in military barracks.

Collective punishment.

Shang Yang would’ve probably told you about the importance of motivating people that way.

You could use that.

Find some friends.

Agree to work on your goals for a week- and agree to deprive yourselves of something (like ice cream) for any one of you failing to meet your goals.