Funny how you can read something, mostly agree and then see an example and nope right out of the whole idea because the example tells you the author has an entirely different set of what ‘valuable’ is, compared to you.
Maybe doing the ‘hard thing’ of jumping straight into action is good in some cases... but, mostly, it’s not.
Plan first. Act second. Evaluate third.
If you miss any of the steps, or get stuck at any of the steps you’re doing it wrong.
I contend the authors supposition that most people get stuck on step 1 is wrong.
Most people I know get stuck on step 2, and give up without trying to iterate on what they were trying to do, because they didn’t understand that maybe step 1 didn’t come up with a perfect plan the first time around.
Sure, maybe it’s cool to have a step 0, which is ‘try it right now!’ to give you some idea & experience on how to get started.
...but the basic contention I this article; “the best thing to do is just to do something right now”; is wrong, and most modern learning & self development frameworks will back that assertion.
Isn’t there some famous fallacy thing about this being how terrible political decisions are made?
Bingo. Why not plan? Also why not day dream sometimes? Some of the best days I've had are also one of when I pause to take a stock. Once I just took a notebook (physical) and went to a park. It was the best planning day, helping me set future direction for next 6 months. Also Bill Gates is(/was) famous for taking reading/thinking retreats.
Also your whole comment also summarizes my take on the article.
Better for you? Or for them?
Funny how you can read something, mostly agree and then see an example and nope right out of the whole idea because the example tells you the author has an entirely different set of what ‘valuable’ is, compared to you.
Maybe doing the ‘hard thing’ of jumping straight into action is good in some cases... but, mostly, it’s not.
Plan first. Act second. Evaluate third.
If you miss any of the steps, or get stuck at any of the steps you’re doing it wrong.
I contend the authors supposition that most people get stuck on step 1 is wrong.
Most people I know get stuck on step 2, and give up without trying to iterate on what they were trying to do, because they didn’t understand that maybe step 1 didn’t come up with a perfect plan the first time around.
Sure, maybe it’s cool to have a step 0, which is ‘try it right now!’ to give you some idea & experience on how to get started.
...but the basic contention I this article; “the best thing to do is just to do something right now”; is wrong, and most modern learning & self development frameworks will back that assertion.
Isn’t there some famous fallacy thing about this being how terrible political decisions are made?