Hi! This is basically a question about sloppiness. I’ve recently noticed that I tend not to correct reports I do as part of my work sufficiently, I recently sent one to a coworker/supervisor and he criticised it for having too many careless mistakes. I then remembered that the supervisor for my diploma thesis had the same criticism.
It may be connected to overconfidence bias—I noticed that when finishing work, it doesn’t occur to me to double-check, I just assume I didn’t make any mistakes.
Is there any hack that could help me to consistently remember avoiding this behavior pattern? I think I now know where the problem lies, but I don’t know how to apply that knowledge to effectively avoid this behavior—it’s usually just in retrospect that I notice I shouldn’t have submitted something yet.
Hi! This is basically a question about sloppiness. I’ve recently noticed that I tend not to correct reports I do as part of my work sufficiently, I recently sent one to a coworker/supervisor and he criticised it for having too many careless mistakes. I then remembered that the supervisor for my diploma thesis had the same criticism. It may be connected to overconfidence bias—I noticed that when finishing work, it doesn’t occur to me to double-check, I just assume I didn’t make any mistakes.
Is there any hack that could help me to consistently remember avoiding this behavior pattern? I think I now know where the problem lies, but I don’t know how to apply that knowledge to effectively avoid this behavior—it’s usually just in retrospect that I notice I shouldn’t have submitted something yet.