Metasystems: Thinking Your Way to Mastery
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Re: Metasystems: Thinking Your Way to Mastery
#2I'm a huge fan of James Clear's idea about goals and systems. I think it's very well put: https://jamesclear.com/goals-systems
But I think something's missing from it — the simple act of consistent self-reflection on what you're doing and why. Cultivating this habit is what I call a "metasystem." What do you think about this idea? Does it make sense? How could it be better?
Re: Metasystems: Thinking Your Way to Mastery
#3I'm a huge fan of James Clear's idea about goals and systems. I think it's very well put: https://jamesclear.com/goals-systems But I think something's missing from it — the simple act of consistent self-reflection on what you're doing and why. Cultivating this habit is what I call a "metasystem." What do you think about this idea? Does it make sense? How could it be better?
We might cast any "non terminal ideas" as in the realm of "meta". The trick to getting an abstract idea to catch on is to have a catchy name!
Re: Metasystems: Thinking Your Way to Mastery
#4I'm a huge fan of James Clear's idea about goals and systems. I think it's very well put: https://jamesclear.com/goals-systems But I think something's missing from it — the simple act of consistent self-reflection on what you're doing and why. Cultivating this habit is what I call a "metasystem." What do you think about this idea? Does it make sense? How could it be better?
Makes sense! One way to to this is using the Daily Activity Schedule by psychiatrist Dr. David Burns. The schedule consists of two columns: The “Prospective” column, where you write and hour-by-hour plan for what you would like to accomplish each day, and the the “Retrospective” column, where you record what you actually did during the day. The simple act of filling the retrospective column each day pushes you to think about what you do, as you mentioned in your article.