wiki/notebook/2021-07-15-07-26-52.org
Gabriel Arazas b088086b06 Merge evergreen notes into the notebook
Now, it's all under the notebook umbrella. Seems to be appropriate as it
is just my notes after all.

I also updated some notes from there. I didn't keep track of what it is
this time. Something about more learning notes extracted from my
"Learning how to learn" course notes and then some. Lack of time and
hurriness just makes it difficult to track but it should be under
version control already.
2021-07-21 16:28:07 +08:00

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Overanalyzing slow you down

  • thinking too much about a thing brings out all of the unnecessary details, making it harder to act upon something
  • this is where Involuntary attention switch is good for preventing tunnel vision; furthermore, it mostly prevents Overlearning as you choose more time into moving on to the action
  • it can be good to have too big of a list equating to more choices but for situations where we have to choose one (or a handful), this situation may rise
  • this is present in various fields:

    • on sports, competitors tend to focus on the right way of doing things from the tiniest of details such as the stroke of the arm, grips, and so forth; it often go into choking, costing their game
    • on programming, this is present when initially thinking about the algorithm without implementing a prototype yet
  • to remedy against this: remember that Most of the work is done from smaller amount of effort; additionally, you can Start with wishful thinking instead of thinking about the process; this frees you from the details and think how would you directly solve the problem ideally, we would have the best course of action or the solution but usually, it is not realized nor tested against reality