"If I don't make X metric by Y date..." I've found this to be the most dangerous type of thinking. It's always going to take longer, go worse and be harder th

"If I don't make X metric by Y date..." I've found this to be the most dangerous type of thinking. It's always going to take longer, go worse and be harder than any of your best estimates. When you don't meet your dates or metrics, that's when you'll lose your motivation. The key to keep grinding away relentlessly on a project is to improve habits and systems for making progress. The creator of Dilbert wrote a great book about it: https://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-adams8217-secret-of-success-failure-1381639163 https://www.wsj.com/articles/scott-adams8217-secret-of-succe... Personally I don't consider myself successful, but because of the advice to stop making goals I'm failing faster, staying motivated and getting stuff done. So hopefully eventually it will pay off.