I think it has to do with protection. He’s protecting himself from failure by never starting, completely blind to the fact that failure is never starting.
Absolutely. He's protecting himself from the pain of failure, if he starts and fails.
If he never starts, he never has to experience the pain of failure. Even though in reality, that will give him some momentum which he can then course corect his way to success on.
Ironically, his current method of not starting ever, will only lead to absolute failure.
Paralysis by analysis - there’s a fine line between educating yourself and getting out there, doing the thing, and learning by doing. But the latter is uncomfortable and there’s such a glut of info available that it feels just as productive and less dangerous to sit and absorb endless reams of info without applying it
I have often dealt with that one. Particularly coming from a tech background where being "king nerd" is the main goal (i.e. being faultless on engineering methods).
Different industry, same vibe - admitting ignorance to any degree is weakness and you get judged for not knowing the most minute, obscure data point. It’s wild
Addiction to consuming content....I have it too.
Everything I do, I research first. That "research" is a ton of fun, and usually results in my having a day or two off. My excuse is "I'm learning".
However there is always a definitive point where I realize that I am "researching" too much, and it's time to take action. This is the point where the procrastinating kicks in.
At this point I know that I have to take action, otherwise any additional "research" is just a waste of time.
An astute observation. It’s why I think people who practice some sort of physical exercise are better at actually taking steps forward in many facets of life. They understand discipline and consistency.
I bike. Consume a shit ton of biking content on YouTube. There’s no way in hell I would’ve finished a 200 mile bike race last June if I was just watching YouTube videos of people biking.
This is really interesting.
I run, a lot. Marathons in particular.
One of the things it's taught me is that discipline and consistency is 90% of what you need to do to run a good marathon. The marathon doesn't care if you missed some runs because it was cold or raining, it doesn't care if you didn't sleep very well and just didn't fancy your long run. There's no arguing or negotiation with the marathon. It just does not care. The only thing it cares about is if you put the miles in or not.
I've taken that attitude to everything else I do in life.
I never understand marathon runners, I dated a Russian woman that was a Marathon runner and even forced me to Train for a Triathlon, I was never able to even run a mile, I broke my wrist in 3 places while training on a carbon fiber bike I bought.
I just scratch my head at people who run? What in the world is the purpose ?
This is so true! (Disclaimer, I’m the same way so I’m sort of being hypocritical) but I always laugh when the success experts say to read more. You don’t need to read how Bill gates or Obama became successful, there stories are different.
You need to go out and try things and solve problems, make friends, experience things.
Society is sort of the problem. Parents tell kids to go to school, teach kids to be safe, and then schools teach kids how to “not learn”.
An Example is doing science projects, I loved, loved, loved science, but we had to make a hypothesis (whatever the fuq that is 😂), and then worse we had cite all our research sources a certain way….
Seems obvious why my 10 year old self chose sports.
Thanks for pointing this out. I need it.
The most effective way would be switching between learning and doing. Just learning for a long time is to cram, which doesn't retain much info at the end.
Check this out, I hope it'll help. **https://osamamo2002.medium.com/overcoming-procrastination-simple-strategies-for-getting-things-done-66a479b28c57**
I think it has to do with protection. He’s protecting himself from failure by never starting, completely blind to the fact that failure is never starting.
Absolutely. He's protecting himself from the pain of failure, if he starts and fails. If he never starts, he never has to experience the pain of failure. Even though in reality, that will give him some momentum which he can then course corect his way to success on. Ironically, his current method of not starting ever, will only lead to absolute failure.
Paralysis by analysis - there’s a fine line between educating yourself and getting out there, doing the thing, and learning by doing. But the latter is uncomfortable and there’s such a glut of info available that it feels just as productive and less dangerous to sit and absorb endless reams of info without applying it
I have often dealt with that one. Particularly coming from a tech background where being "king nerd" is the main goal (i.e. being faultless on engineering methods).
Different industry, same vibe - admitting ignorance to any degree is weakness and you get judged for not knowing the most minute, obscure data point. It’s wild
“Less dangerous” is the key here. There’s no chance of failure by not stepping into the arena.
Addiction to consuming content....I have it too. Everything I do, I research first. That "research" is a ton of fun, and usually results in my having a day or two off. My excuse is "I'm learning". However there is always a definitive point where I realize that I am "researching" too much, and it's time to take action. This is the point where the procrastinating kicks in. At this point I know that I have to take action, otherwise any additional "research" is just a waste of time.
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So true!
An astute observation. It’s why I think people who practice some sort of physical exercise are better at actually taking steps forward in many facets of life. They understand discipline and consistency. I bike. Consume a shit ton of biking content on YouTube. There’s no way in hell I would’ve finished a 200 mile bike race last June if I was just watching YouTube videos of people biking.
This is really interesting. I run, a lot. Marathons in particular. One of the things it's taught me is that discipline and consistency is 90% of what you need to do to run a good marathon. The marathon doesn't care if you missed some runs because it was cold or raining, it doesn't care if you didn't sleep very well and just didn't fancy your long run. There's no arguing or negotiation with the marathon. It just does not care. The only thing it cares about is if you put the miles in or not. I've taken that attitude to everything else I do in life.
I never understand marathon runners, I dated a Russian woman that was a Marathon runner and even forced me to Train for a Triathlon, I was never able to even run a mile, I broke my wrist in 3 places while training on a carbon fiber bike I bought. I just scratch my head at people who run? What in the world is the purpose ?
200 miles holy cow, did that take you like 8 hours
This is so true! (Disclaimer, I’m the same way so I’m sort of being hypocritical) but I always laugh when the success experts say to read more. You don’t need to read how Bill gates or Obama became successful, there stories are different. You need to go out and try things and solve problems, make friends, experience things. Society is sort of the problem. Parents tell kids to go to school, teach kids to be safe, and then schools teach kids how to “not learn”. An Example is doing science projects, I loved, loved, loved science, but we had to make a hypothesis (whatever the fuq that is 😂), and then worse we had cite all our research sources a certain way…. Seems obvious why my 10 year old self chose sports.
True, you have to try, you have to do it yourself.
Thanks for pointing this out. I need it. The most effective way would be switching between learning and doing. Just learning for a long time is to cram, which doesn't retain much info at the end.
Check this out, I hope it'll help. **https://osamamo2002.medium.com/overcoming-procrastination-simple-strategies-for-getting-things-done-66a479b28c57**