
Saved by Trevor Newberry
Why You Should Plan To Get Less Done
Saved by Trevor Newberry
The problem isn’t that you’re not working fast enough. It’s that your expectations were never realistic to begin with….
Whether you are troubleshooting a technical issue, hiring to grow your team, or planning a party…
Everything takes longer than you think.
Why does this matter?
Because every day, we have to estimate how long things will take.
If
... See more“Committing to a specific plan for a goal may therefore not only facilitate attainment of the goal but may also free cognitive resources for other pursuits.”
In what’s known as the planning fallacy, we tend to be overly optimistic when we map out timelines, goals, targets, and other horizons. We look at the best-case scenario instead of using the past to determine what a more realistic scenario would look like.