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# Commitment Contracts

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Beeminder

Goal tracking service with financial commitment contracts that charges real money if you go off track. Uses quantified self principles and loss aversion to drive accountability and behavior change.

Daniel Reeves & Bethany Soule - Beeminder Founders

Creators of Beeminder commitment contract system in 2011, designed to address their own procrastination by combining self-tracking with financial consequences for missing goals, pioneering the quantified self movement for productivity.

Gresham's Law of Beeminder Deadlines

Beeminder's March 2026 policy addressing deadline snoozing, eliminating the traditional ability to change deadlines within six hours, preventing users from gaming the commitment contract system.

stickK Commitment Contracts

Behavioral economics platform for creating commitment contracts with financial stakes. Founded by Yale economists, uses social pressure and financial incentives to drive goal achievement.