The part when you talked about procrastination and thinking “that’s just how I work” is something that resonated with me. I am a chronic procrastinator and have been trying to stop the habit. But this I think has helped because I should stop letting myself think that is just how I am. I think a lot of times when people around me joke about how badly they procrastinate, and then I too talk about how much I procrastinate, then it creates this atmosphere and mindset that procrastination is completely fine and so feel others are doing it it’s ok for you to let the habit go unchecked.
Also I liked the diagram of quality of questions and level of bias for action. I think I fall more into the “thinkers” side of things and need to increase my actions (which are mostly stifled by fear of failure). This diagram was a great way to show the concept visually!
I really liked the progressive overload idea for building your tolerance for focusing. It’s similar to how I used to think about doing school work. I knew that after I did a hard project that the next thing I did that was similar would be easier and that the hard projects I took on the easier other work would get. Applying this idea to being productive is not something I considered before, but I really like it!
Love the article! A really nice compilation of hard truths. What do you mean by "stake creation"? This sounds fun. Could you elaborate on how to do it/where to learn more? Sounds a bit like gamification to me. Thanks!
The part when you talked about procrastination and thinking “that’s just how I work” is something that resonated with me. I am a chronic procrastinator and have been trying to stop the habit. But this I think has helped because I should stop letting myself think that is just how I am. I think a lot of times when people around me joke about how badly they procrastinate, and then I too talk about how much I procrastinate, then it creates this atmosphere and mindset that procrastination is completely fine and so feel others are doing it it’s ok for you to let the habit go unchecked.
Also I liked the diagram of quality of questions and level of bias for action. I think I fall more into the “thinkers” side of things and need to increase my actions (which are mostly stifled by fear of failure). This diagram was a great way to show the concept visually!
I really liked the progressive overload idea for building your tolerance for focusing. It’s similar to how I used to think about doing school work. I knew that after I did a hard project that the next thing I did that was similar would be easier and that the hard projects I took on the easier other work would get. Applying this idea to being productive is not something I considered before, but I really like it!
Thanks for all the thoughts!
Brilliant quote from Picasso. Thank you for the inspiration.
These are great tips! Thank you 🙂
Love the article! A really nice compilation of hard truths. What do you mean by "stake creation"? This sounds fun. Could you elaborate on how to do it/where to learn more? Sounds a bit like gamification to me. Thanks!