Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls

Re:Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls by davidlumley on Saturday March 16, 2013 @07:35AM (#5385123)

> The somewhat flawed logic is that if I do things too fast, I'll just get more work assigned, and expectations will rise, which will make it progressively harder for me to achieve.

For what it's worth, I'm in this situation at the moment. Was working on a project where I found it simple to finish things quickly. Am now on a project where things are considerably more complex but it's expected I finish them at the speed I was previously.

Not sure how to crawl out of this hole, other than to continually get faster at everything.

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Re:Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls by mtrimpe on Saturday March 16, 2013 @08:00AM (#5385171)

Keep in mind that it's actually your desire to meet their expectations that's at play here.

You can also go back and tell them that your previous speed is probably an outlier, but you don't/didn't do that because you want to maintain this high level of expectations.

I'm not sure I'd even advice against it, since that mechanism is what kept me improving until 30, but at one point it'll also pull you beyond what your physical limits ... and that, my kids, is how I me^H^Hgot a burnout ;)

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Re:Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls by gingerlime on Saturday March 16, 2013 @07:53AM (#5385159)

this reminds me of a joke I've heard (poorly translated):

"How do you win a 100m swimming race? You start at your absolute top speed, and slowly slowly increase the pace"

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Re:Smart Guy Productivity Pitfalls by TeMPOraL on Saturday March 16, 2013 @09:52AM (#5385397)

And there's also this saying: "the better you get, the better you'd better get."

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