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Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done (2012) [pdf]

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Post by andai »

matthewwiese wrote: post #28
liamzebedee wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We had a thread a couple weeks ago "What interesting thought did you read on HN but couldn't find later?" - I'm wondering if anyone can help me rediscover this Wikipedia article. It was a theory on the cognitive bias of depression/anxiety, applied to the locus/worldview of someone, wherein a person interprets with a smaller outlook on the future i.e. the opposite of "looking at the bigger picture". I've found many an…

In addition to spullara's Beck link, the "construal level theory" seemed to ring true to what you were describing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construal_level_theory

I recently heard that the same brain regions are involved in processing temporal and spatial distances.

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mariopt wrote: post #9

I found the slide for "Cognitive behaviour model of depression" very interesting, it's probably the best visualisation of depression taking over someones mind leading to a paralysis where simple tasks become something else and chaos emerges. Ego does, sometimes, gets in the way of getting things done but without it we wouldn't care to launch anything new/groundbreaking. Without our Ego as creator, we would have no so…

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Post by 1996 »

mariopt wrote: post #9

I found the slide for "Cognitive behaviour model of depression" very interesting, it's probably the best visualisation of depression taking over someones mind leading to a paralysis where simple tasks become something else and chaos emerges. Ego does, sometimes, gets in the way of getting things done but without it we wouldn't care to launch anything new/groundbreaking. Without our Ego as creator, we would have no so…

We need all that. Still, it can be frightening.

I have "launch fear": I delay by another week every week, because I found one or more bugs the day before, which to me is unacceptable. Also it would crush my ego if people said I hadn't noticed or bothered to fix it, because it would mean I don't care about my users.

When I am launching, I want users to have the best experience possible. MVP is minimal, not bug ridden. When I find a bug, it hurts, and it is almost depressing - as in, leading to paralysis.

Re: Cognitive Distortions of People Who Get Stuff Done (2012) [pdf]

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Post by andai »

jf- wrote: post #20
srtjstjsj wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you maintain dedication and commitment to deliver? It's not just about knowledge or skills, as many idle geniuses can tell you. Depression is correlated with realistic perception of realist. Non-Depression (optimism, productivity) is correlated with mild delusion. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201206...

By having excellent social support structures, many resources, above average ability and domain knowledge, a sense of purpose in your work and being free of mental health issues.

Regarding your last point, these actually all sound like symptoms of hypomania.

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Post by andai »

ggm wrote: post #13
chiefalchemist wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "...it would be the tendency to latch onto a mantra. "think different" doesn't really mean very much, but boy, successful people who get stuff done like to say it." True. But reading you say it now makes it sound less like GTD and more like they do the right (different) things. Things that yield results; which makes the lead up look important. Kinda the tasks are a symptom more than a means, if that makes sense.

I guess "think different" to them means "take risks" or "run counter to the stream on things" or "see threats as opportunities" or something. IBM had just "think" and I really liked that. The trouble is, it leads to endless ratiocination.

Does that make Nike IBM's polar opposite, slogan-wise?

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Post by jf- »

1996 wrote: post #33
mariopt wrote: post #9

I found the slide for "Cognitive behaviour model of depression" very interesting, it's probably the best visualisation of depression taking over someones mind leading to a paralysis where simple tasks become something else and chaos emerges. Ego does, sometimes, gets in the way of getting things done but without it we wouldn't care to launch anything new/groundbreaking. Without our Ego as creator, we would have no so…

We need all that. Still, it can be frightening. I have "launch fear": I delay by another week every week, because I found one or more bugs the day before, which to me is unacceptable. Also it would crush my ego if people said I hadn't noticed or bothered to fix it, because it would mean I don't care about my users. When I am launching, I want users to have the best experience possible. MVP is minimal, not bug ridden.…

A piece of advice I heard once - if you’re not embarrassed by your first release, you waited too long.

Just do it.

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Post by scarejunba »

rossdavidh wrote: post #29

Hypothesis: the "people who get stuff done" are a subset of a larger group with the same personality and talents, but without as much luck. Those other people are known by unprintable names, because they have no great successes to make people ignore the fact that they're jerks.

Possibly true but doesn't affect the outcome. If you can do some things to increase the likelihood of success with low cost, the fact that success is dominated by things you can't change doesn't matter. There are no guarantees, only actions that mildly bias one outcome over another.

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Post by hyperpape »

scarejunba wrote: post #37
rossdavidh wrote: post #29

Hypothesis: the "people who get stuff done" are a subset of a larger group with the same personality and talents, but without as much luck. Those other people are known by unprintable names, because they have no great successes to make people ignore the fact that they're jerks.

Possibly true but doesn't affect the outcome. If you can do some things to increase the likelihood of success with low cost, the fact that success is dominated by things you can't change doesn't matter. There are no guarantees, only actions that mildly bias one outcome over another.

Why think the cost is low? I suspect there are a lot of people with founder type personalities who have wasted tons of money, time and goodwill chasing their ambition.

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Post by adnzzzzZ »

rossdavidh wrote: post #29

Hypothesis: the "people who get stuff done" are a subset of a larger group with the same personality and talents, but without as much luck. Those other people are known by unprintable names, because they have no great successes to make people ignore the fact that they're jerks.

Stop using luck as an excuse for your failures and other people's failures. https://github.com/SSYGEN/blog/issues/38
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