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Looks good and it sounds psychologically appealing but this seems like exactly the opposite of what people who want something from you would want. The descript
by nmstoker 5y ago
Looks good and it sounds psychologically appealing but this seems like exactly the opposite of what people who want something from you would want.
The description says that people only care about what you've done, but if they're faced with a super long list of things someone has done they'll quickly switch to "did you do that thing we agreed yet?" (which translates into a question about your ToDo list and not you're Done list). If you direct then to your Done with the "if it's not on there I didn't do it yet"-mentality they'll likely lose patience with you as a colleague!
This isn't to say that underlining achievement isn't a good thing, it's just not the only thing and generally it shouldn't be the main thing either if you're focused on future progress.
- Doches 5y ago> did you do that thing we agreed yet? I'll be the first to admit that this is a weakness of this system, if you can call it a "system". What I'm trying to do -- to myself, to be clear! -- is instill the habit of getting something, anything done. Once you've trained your brain to reach for difficult tasks and get 'em done, absolutely start prioritising which tasks you do first and so on. But for breaking the seductive habit of procrastination I'll stand by using a done list. It's a great psychological self-hack if nothing else!
- nmstoker 5y agoAh, got it. In that case I'm very much more taken by this approach - as a habit former to bootstrap yourself past a block it does seem like it could be pretty helpful