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#+title: When starting out, focus on quantity over quality
#+date: "2021-07-15 07:47:32 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-07-15 23:45:05 +08:00"
#+language: en


- when learning a new skill, there is a tendency to overanalyze what is the next move;
  remember: [[id:03cd9fad-e187-4939-9347-1a034c6efbe2][Overanalyzing slow you down]]
- to solve against this, it is better to just start, not minding the quality of each piece/project you create
- when you have a portfolio, you're essentially creating an improved version of your previous works;
  creating projects can be an iterative process
- examples:
  + when starting a YouTube channel, focus more on putting out more videos
  + when producing music, create more music and publish them
  + when programming, create more programs of all usability from completely useless to something useful for you
- more importantly, good sense of skill develops over time;
  you may as well finish a lot of work from it
- just like how [[id:60361cab-d006-4572-a7b2-e9dc7e1bc4da][Being misinformed is better than being ignorant]], having mountainous amount of bad ideas can make something better, [[id:c886bc6d-e9dc-4f62-8841-59123236eda0][Failed ideas can be repurposed]];
- however, being focus on quantity leaves the opportunity to make something stand out
- furthermore, being focused on quantity for a long time creates stagnation and bad habits start to manifest;
  to mitigate against this event, you can start focusing on the quality, making [[id:9b669fd4-e04e-43dd-a61e-81dea5ec0764][Deliberate practice]] sessions;
- beyond that, you can balance the focus between quality and quantity;
  you can [[id:92a10fe2-f4d1-4e5e-b5f4-3779db13a2e5][Create roadmaps to stay on track]], tracking deadlines to produce reasonable amount of work over a period of time
Restructure and update learning-related notes Well, there is no set boundary what belongs in the hierarchical notebook and the evergreen notes but I'm starting to lean in combining the two together with a flat hierarchy. Nonetheless, I was able to make more insights from separating them so it's worth it. 2021-07-15 15:46:08 +00:00			`:PROPERTIES:`
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			`#+title: When starting out, focus on quantity over quality`
			`#+date: "2021-07-15 07:47:32 +08:00"`
			`#+date_modified: "2021-07-15 23:45:05 +08:00"`
			`#+language: en`


			`- when learning a new skill, there is a tendency to overanalyze what is the next move;`
			`remember: [[id:03cd9fad-e187-4939-9347-1a034c6efbe2][Overanalyzing slow you down]]`
			`- to solve against this, it is better to just start, not minding the quality of each piece/project you create`
			`- when you have a portfolio, you're essentially creating an improved version of your previous works;`
			`creating projects can be an iterative process`
			`- examples:`
			`+ when starting a YouTube channel, focus more on putting out more videos`
			`+ when producing music, create more music and publish them`
			`+ when programming, create more programs of all usability from completely useless to something useful for you`
			`- more importantly, good sense of skill develops over time;`
			`you may as well finish a lot of work from it`
			`- just like how [[id:60361cab-d006-4572-a7b2-e9dc7e1bc4da][Being misinformed is better than being ignorant]], having mountainous amount of bad ideas can make something better, [[id:c886bc6d-e9dc-4f62-8841-59123236eda0][Failed ideas can be repurposed]];`
			`- however, being focus on quantity leaves the opportunity to make something stand out`
			`- furthermore, being focused on quantity for a long time creates stagnation and bad habits start to manifest;`
			`to mitigate against this event, you can start focusing on the quality, making [[id:9b669fd4-e04e-43dd-a61e-81dea5ec0764][Deliberate practice]] sessions;`
			`- beyond that, you can balance the focus between quality and quantity;`
			`you can [[id:92a10fe2-f4d1-4e5e-b5f4-3779db13a2e5][Create roadmaps to stay on track]], tracking deadlines to produce reasonable amount of work over a period of time`