When your teammates are more productive than you

_elergy_ wrote: post #3

Akcium wrote: post #2

I always feel like my teammates are way more productive than me, like always =(

Does it happen for all types of tasks? Any reason you can think of?

I think all types of tasks.

I'm pretty sure I understand the reasons. Mostly cognitive biases and lack of focus.

My rational part of mind says that probably I'm an average. Maybe a little bit below due to low focus, but 100% I'm not the less productive.

But when I see how others work, emotional part of mind says that I'm the slowest person in the world.

Re: When your teammates are more productive than you

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Post by _elergy_ » Sun, Jan 17, 2021, 11:29 AM UTC

Akcium wrote: post #4

_elergy_ wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it happen for all types of tasks? Any reason you can think of?

I think all types of tasks. I'm pretty sure I understand the reasons. Mostly cognitive biases and lack of focus. My rational part of mind says that probably I'm an average. Maybe a little bit below due to low focus, but 100% I'm not the less productive. But when I see how others work, emotional part of mind says that I'm the slowest person in the world.

That’s an extremely good point about rational/emotional — collecting real data points and looking at them from time to time may help overcome these biases (at least, it helped me and several colleagues in similar situations). Good luck! :-)