PAVLOK - Wearable to help you break bad habits

Happy to see Pavlok getting all the attention. Have been following since the concept stage. Hope to get one soon.

Hi all -- this is the CEO again! We have a lot in store---but will you even read this message: p

Here are 9 stories of Pavlok users, taken from our Stories page: http://buy.pavlok.com/pages/stor... Yanjaa quit playing video games in seven days or less. “I played video games on purpose for 30 minutes while some other people were shocking me at random intervals. Next morning I didn't feel like playing at all but as part of the conditioning I continued playing 30 minutes a day for the next four days and I just felt sick thinking about the game. The rewards of the game simply didn't outweigh the annoying feeling of the shocks.” An Anonymous User quit watching TV in seven days or less "I quit TV by shocking myself while I watched it!" Simon (Hi Simon!) quit eating cookies from the cookie jar in just two days. "Had a bad habit of dipping into the Cookie jar after lunch. Used my PavLok every time I opened the jar. Fixed the problem in 2 days." An Anonymous User stopped picking his face in seven days or less. "did several days of the training (set up a timer for 5 minutes, do the action, shock, etc). Made a personal rule to shock every time found self picking." (FYI: We're offering a special 15% of code to readers of the newsletter, just for today. Click here and use the discount code PRODUCTHUNT to apply the discount) Eric R. stopped negative thoughts in about 5 days. "Each time a had a negative thought, I would zap myself and think basically the opposite to the thought I just had. ""My boss sucks and is going to give me a stupid assignment"" or ""This girl won't think I'm cool"" was replaced with ""My boss is a fair and knowledgeable person"" and ""I have a lot of things going for me, of course I'm cool."" This took me about 5 days to see improvement. My general attitude is more positive now." Dewey quit drinking soda in five days. "I followed the 5 day plan in the booklet. I sat down with a coke (my go to bad habit drink) and shocked when I saw it, heard the "schee" sound when opening it, smelling it, sip and tasting it. I would also hold the coke in my mouth for about a minute while giving multiple shocks. My last coke was October 18th, had no urge to drink one even during a few nights of drinking. Any time there is a thought about it, I shock myself to use it at bay." Roman quit nail biting and reduced obsessions and compulsions in seven days or less "I felt change day 2. There's an immediate, heightened sense of awareness of the nail biting and picking. The shock provides reinforcement that no SSRI was ever able to do, and with no side effects. In less than a week, my habits have halved. The behavioral science coupled with the wearable is powerful, convenient.. it just works. I pick at myself less, and find myself thinking about how much I've Not been picking more. I catch myself faster, and although my compulsive behaviors aren't completely gone, it's still so early. I can't wait to see myself in a few weeks. " An Anonymous User quit night eating (waking up in middle of the night and eating) in seven days or less "Shocked myself while preparing and eating in the middle of the night" John quit biting his nails in 4 days (and quit biting the skin around his nails, too!) "Every time I found myself biting my nails, I would pause with my finger close to my mouth and shock myself. I was able to stop biting my nails within 4 days and the skin around my nails within 12 days. I still find myself bringing my hands to my mouth, but now I can always stop myself. I am extremely happy with the results and my fingers look healthier than ever! Next habit is going to be touching my face and then eating candy." Sound interesting? Order a Pavlok (click here) and use discount code PRODUCTHUNT to get 15% off. Valid for just a few hours.

@bworley shocked me on a TWiT a while back... it wasn't too bad.

Had the pleasure of meeting @Maneesh this weekend at SaS and he let me try out Pavlok. The shock was just strong enough to say this would def help me break a habit.

A good story from @maneesh about hardware, kickstarter, money, and debt: https://medium.com/@maneeshsethi... Side note: I haven't owned a device since my iPhone 1 that has gotten this much attention from people I'm with. It does resemble a fitness tracker so it doesn't get noticed immediately, but as soon as I show it to them and let them try the zap, it's a huge hit (and has helped me stop slouching in my chair!).

Is Pavlok hackable? Do you have any APIs that I could plug into and hook up my own algorithms or build my own software for it? Say I wanted it to interact with a product I already use but it doesn't have the zapping feedback mechanism.

I love the idea of Pavlok.

I happened to be part of an event in Boston, where Pavlock was picthed. I think it was an event by @mannyfernandez (DreamFunded). I liked it and came away with good feelings about this innovative way changing bad habits. If my memory serves correct, Pavlock was trashed by Mark Cuban in Shark Tank. Is that correct? Somehow Mark Cuban doesn't like any product in this space. He may be bit biased. My question to @maneesh: Does your product help calm kids, when they are super active? It is a case of ADHD, where a kid can go crazy due to some electrical activity released by brain. Kid is helpless in that situation.

@maneesh Totally opposite question. Can u induce good habbits using Pavlock?