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Choosing The Best System: Switch Once
If we have sunken cost in an ongoing system, like a career, it doesn’t mean we should stick with it forever, especially if it is no longer relevant or useful.
One can first choose a system with complete research, and if after a while the system is not looking good, switch from it to something better, just once.
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Pivot Or Persevere
One needs to experiment with a variety of systems and routines to finally choose and practice what is right for us and our circumstances.
The common dilemma is when to change and decide to leave a system or stick with it, as we often encounter a variety of obstacles while ...
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Sticking With A System
We have often invested time, energy and attention towards a certain system, and are too proud to pivot to another one.
But we can revisit our decision if the path is completely flawed or is useless.
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Keep Switching Strategies
One can keep changing lanes, switching to something new and different, and pivot as we constantly reevaluate our decision.
The problem with constant switching is wastage of time, effort and energy. One can never get anywhere when one is constantly switching systems and pathways. Motion is...
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Systems And Goals
When we are working towards a goal, it is crucial to building a system that will eventually make you reach it. Systems are self-driven daily behaviours that guide and remind you towards what’s really important, and how not to get lost in life.
There isn’t anyone system tha...
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- Winners quit fast and often when a plan is not a good fit. The sunken cost fallacy might try to sway our decisions, but the “willingess to jetisson” (quit and switch paths when they are no longer a quality match for us) is a key trait for late specialization...
Dealing with the truth
- When you have a choice between telling the truth or protecting someone’s feelings, it’s better to go with the truth, in a respectful way.
- Default to blaming yourself and what you control rather than looking for outside excuses.
- Check the sources of your beli...
Deliberate practice leverages the spacing effect
The spacing effect refers to how we can better remember information if we learn them in multiple sessions with increasingly longer intervals between them. It is nearly impossible to practice something once and expect it to stick.
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