Getting Ahead By Being Inefficient

I think there are things in life that you want to telescope and compress and accelerate and streamline and make more efficient. And there are things where the value is precisely in the inefficiency, in the time spent, in the pain endured, in the effort you have to invest. And I don’t think we’re going to differentiate between those things. Because ... See more

One way to prevent this is to allow for, or even plan, slack time, which is extra time left between appointments that can be used as a buffer or as downtime. Some researchers advocate rough scheduling, under which you don’t schedule time with friends for 7 p.m., instead planning to meet “after work.” Or you’ll do gardening “sometime Sunday morning”

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All the time and energy you spend fixing your unforced errors comes at the expense of moving toward the outcomes you want. There is a huge advantage in having more of your energy instead go toward achieving your goals instead of fixing your problems. The person who learns how to think clearly ultimately applies more of their overall effort toward t

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