Paul C. Maxwell, Desiring God-Blogger und Nachwuchsautor, entwickelt in "Our Manhood: Talking About The Aspects of Our Masculinity That Everyone Wants to Forget" fünf Zyklen der Faulheit:
1. The Inefficient Cycle: Incompetence → Effort → Failure → Frustration → Inactivity → Incompetence
2. The Overwhelmed Cycle: Disorganization → Effort → Insufficient Results → Panic → Inactivity → Growing Workload → Disorganization
3. The Addiction Cycle: Fatigue → Indulgence → Satisfaction → Negligence → Growing External Pressures → Craving → Fatigue
4. The Unmotivated Cycle: Lack of Motivation → Inactivity → Work Seems Harder → Work Seems Less Worth the Effort → Lack of Motivation
5. The Hobby Cycle: Hobby → Excuses Not to Work → More Time for Hobby → More Hobby → Less Interest in Work → More Hobby
