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When I was reading, I wondered if I just consider different things as "mistakes" than Jason, or if he was actively censoring himself. I agree with you that "dia
by JayNeely 17y ago
When I was reading, I wondered if I just consider different things as "mistakes" than Jason, or if he was actively censoring himself. I agree with you that "dialing the wrong number" isn't the kind of mistake I feel like is keeping me back. But I can imagine that if I were to do the 'Week of Pain', I'd have a lot of mistakes written down along the lines of:
- Procrastinated Task X
- Spent too much time watching CSI marathon instead of working
- Didn't reply to Person Y soon enough.
Those are the kind of mistakes it might be worth keeping track of to see which ones are the kind of "D'oh!" mistakes everyone makes once in a while, and which ones are really bad habits that are holding me back more than I realize.
- Periodic 17y agoHe lists all active mistakes, you list passive mistakes. I expect that passive mistakes are much more insidious, and they are the ones that really sap my productivity. They are also very ambiguous. For example, I should probably be configuring that new web server instead of writing a comment on HN, but I like to take a little while to collect my thoughts and get back in the mood after lunch, which often involves HN. I'm not sure if it's a mistake or not.