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Personal experience, Re: Treadmill task + "thinking the end is near" strategy. Personally I do the opposite, and pretend I actually have 20 miles to run when in
by ccvannorman 8y ago
Personal experience, Re: Treadmill task + "thinking the end is near" strategy. Personally I do the opposite, and pretend I actually have 20 miles to run when in fact it is only 2. That helps me get into the mindset of running for a long period of time and I settle in for the long haul. That way, 2 miles is done before I seem to think much time has passed relative to the whole journey.
Conversely, if I focus on the 2 mile mark (for example) and glance at the meter to see that I've only traveled 0.6 miles, it's quite frustrating. Each successive glance shows a marginal increase towards the goal, adding to fatigue. Better not to watch the clock at all.
- prestonh 8y agoMy own experience confirms that article's point (for myself, at least) as a negative example. I tend to, maybe because of my academic background, view the end of a project as always on the horizon, never near. That subtlety in my mindset I think affects the way I approach work. I constantly want to reactor, rebuild, and extend the functionality of projects rather than focusing on just wrapping up the damn things and moving on. I recognized this earlier, but dont think I fully appreciated its impact until I read this article.