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Performance reviews | |
2019.03.05 13:27:57 CET | |
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It's performance review season at work. This means reviewing my | |
achievements over the last year (as well as my peers', but this | |
deserves a post of its own). I've tried, but it feels unavoidable | |
impostor syndrome [1] to kick in and all of its symptoms. | |
I know, I know, never compare yourself to others, but to yourself | |
yesterday. Easier said than done. | |
What is this? Cliché advice phlogging time? | |
I know I need to do so much: improve my personal project planning | |
skills; have smaller milestones and shorter feedback cycles; delay | |
gratification and don't aim for the low-hanging fruits so much etc | |
etc. etc. Except that knowing all the things I need to do just ser | |
as an impediment to start moving. | |
Any cliché advice for this? I bet there is. Google search time. | |
"10 Scientifically Proven Tips for Beating Procrastination" | |
"4 Science-Backed Methods to Stop Procrastinating" | |
"29 Inspiring Procrastination and Productivity Quotes" | |
Yes, let's solve the problem of knowing too much by learning new | |
things :D | |
Ideally I want two of me to exist: one person who keeps the whole | |
picture in perspective and splits the large project and minimal | |
steps; the other person who only knows about the minimal step and | |
executes it. The only interface between them is an explanation of | |
what the current minimal step is. | |
The executor does not suffer from knowing too much. The planner kn | |
too much, but doesn't have to execute so no procrastination due to | |
inertia. | |
Can I clone myself? | |
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome |