Random Musings

 Joined the maker club and participating in the 14 day reading sprint reading the first book "How to decide" by Anne Duke. Some key learnings  Resulting - The feeling that the result of the decision determines the quality of the decision. Resulting is a way of simplifying complex assesments. But Simple isn't always better. Decision Quality & Outcome Quality are correlated but not perfectly. There is more to the story and seperate the quality of result to the quality of the decision. Hindsight Bias - Makes one feel that the resulting decision was more predictable. This can cause one to repeat low quality decisions. Knowledge tracker of what you did and did not do will help you break this bias Be mindful of the verbal and mental cues that accompany your decision. Journal how you lead to the decision is another way to break the cycle. Paradox of Experience When individual experience interfere with our ability to learn. Counterfactuals help us understand why things hap...

Build Good Habits and conquer mountains. My tiny habits are around these goals. 1: Read 12 books this year. 2: #100daysofCode Source:  https://www.popsci.com/story/science/tiny-habits-change/

In honor of renowned author  Stephen Covey, who died this morning at age 79  , a short version from  his all-time best-selling book   "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" , which sold 20 million copies.  The short version, highly recommend you buy his book: 1) Be Proactive As human beings, we are responsible for our own lives. We have the independent will to make our own choices and decisions, and the responsibility ("the ability to respond") to make the right choices. You have the freedom to choose your own fate and path, so having the independent will, imagination and self-awareness to make the right move makes you a proactive, and not a reactive, person. 2) Begin With The End In Mind Mental visualization is extremely important. Covey says that all things are created twice: first, the mental conceptualization and visualization and a second physical, actual creation. Becoming your own creator means to plan and visualize what you're going to do and ...