Egonomics is a term used to describe self-management. It was first proposed by Thomas Schelling in his paper Egonomics, or the Art of Self-Management. Thomas Crombie Schelling (born 14 April 1921) is an American Economist and professor of Foreign affairs, National security Schelling suggested that individuals suffer from a sort of split-personality disorder whereby the present self wants a specific thing (e. Dissociative Identity Disorder ( DID) as defined by the American Psychiatric Association 's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM g. , eating a cookie) but the future or past self wants a different thing (e. g. , losing weight). Both selves exist, but do not exist at the same time.
Schelling wrote: "What I have in mind is an act or decision that a person takes . . . [based upon] preferences [that] differ from what they were earlier. . . If the person could make the final decision about that action at the earlier time, precluding a later change in mind, he would make a different choice . . . "
Schelling suggested a number of strategies for dealing with this issue in his paper, such as precommitment, use of bright line rules, delay tactics, or creating a pre-arranged deal between selves. Precommitment is a strategy first discussed by Thomas Schelling that a party to a conflict can strengthen its position by cutting off some of its options to make its threats A bright-line rule, or bright-line test, is a term generally used in law which describes a clearly defined rule or standard composed of objective factors which leaves little