Measure results, not hours

Re:Measure results, not hours by stretchwithme on Saturday October 06, 2012 @09:02PM (#4622270)

Carol Dweck says we should praise effort, not success, if we want people to love challenges and practice persistence.

So, praise effort, measure results, but don't worry about time spent at a desk.

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Re:Measure results, not hours by jacques_chester on Sunday October 07, 2012 @03:24AM (#4622838)

This is true for teaching children the value of persistence and effort.

In a work environment, however, it teaches everyone that all that is valued is wasteful heroics.

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Re:Measure results, not hours by stretchwithme on Sunday October 07, 2012 @08:03PM (#4624884)

Heroics? How is carrying through on things that take long term effort anything like wasteful heroics?

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Re:Measure results, not hours by jacques_chester on Sunday October 07, 2012 @08:35PM (#4624982)

It's not. I think we're talking about different things.

Heroics are unavoidable -- sometimes there's no alternative. But it can slip into a pathological state where only heroic effort is recognised and rewarded; and so becomes the norm.

When you say "praising for effort", I thought you were making the same class of error.

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