As someone who suffers from this, I try to test my self-improvement ideas against reality very soon after thinking of them. A principle I try to follow: If you think of some brilliant scheme for improving yourself, and there’s no reason not to implement it right away, do so so you can start collecting data ASAP.
Related: Levels of Action.
As someone who suffers from this, I try to test my self-improvement ideas against reality very soon after thinking of them. A principle I try to follow: If you think of some brilliant scheme for improving yourself, and there’s no reason not to implement it right away, do so so you can start collecting data ASAP.
I like that because it interrupts the urge to come up with more ideas.