And much the same way that a lot of craziness stems, not so much from “having a wrong model of the world”, as “not bothering to have a model of the world”, a lot of personal effectiveness isn’t so much about “having the right goals” as “bothering to have goals at all”—where unpacking this somewhat Vassarian statement would lead us to ideas like “bothering to have something that I check my actions’ consequences against, never mind whether or not it’s the right thing” or “bothering to have some communication-related urge that animates my writing when I write, instead of just sitting down to log a certain number of writing hours during which I feel rewarded from rearranging shiny words”.
Perhaps I really meant “persuasive”, not “simple”.
Simple would be: Try to have a model of the world. Try to have goals. Don’t worry yet about mistakes. By trying at all, you’ll probably do better than most people.
Simple, useful preaching.
I’d say it’s useful, but that is not a simple explanation.
Perhaps I really meant “persuasive”, not “simple”.
Simple would be: Try to have a model of the world. Try to have goals. Don’t worry yet about mistakes. By trying at all, you’ll probably do better than most people.