- It's occurred to me that scientists/professors who are trying to get published may have a bias toward studying short-term effects of things rather than the long-term effects, b/c it's easier to put an experiment together that will measure the short-term effects, and you'll be able to knock out a paper faster. For example, they may have a bias toward studying the short-term effects of sleep deprivation rather than the long-term effects. Maybe. It's just a thought I've had. I'll need to think about it more.
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Major behavioral problems I need to fix
- Not focusing (My weaknesses)
- Related: Procrastinating / Anxiety / Making Excuses / "I can't do this now because ..."
- Related: Not tracking my time.
- Related: Spending too much time consuming and organizing information that may be useful in the future, and not enough time producing / selling, and consuming information that'll help me get the next small piece of my product finished.
- Related: Giving up / not persevering / not being persistent
- Fretting / panicking / reacting to a new problem with dismay rather than an aggressive attitude
- Related: Not sticking to my bets.
- I bailed out of the Trump bet at the first bump in the road rather than researching whether it was really a sign I was wrong.
- [Update June 2023: Stimulants solve this. 200mg-400mg of caffeine per day should be enough. Get enough sleep afterwards: don't use an alarm clock, don't have a schedule you need to stick to.]
- Related: Procrastinating / Anxiety / Making Excuses / "I can't do this now because ..."
- Not spending my time according to a top-down plan (My weaknesses)
- Related: I don't have a good system for keeping things top-of-mind that I should be keeping top-of-mind.
- Example: Things I can do when I have a spare moment.
- Example: Major weaknesses that I should be keeping an eye out for / correcting when I notice them.
- Related: I don't have a good system for keeping things top-of-mind that I should be keeping top-of-mind.
- Feeling overwhelmed by large problems (My weaknesses)
- I often think too much; I spend too much time thinking about a problem instead of just trying to jump in and tackle whatever tiny piece I can get started with.
- [Update June 2023: Stimulants solve this.]
- I don't reach out to people enough. I want to be like Richard Branson when he was creating his magazine: totally comfortable with reaching out to strangers who may be able to help me.
- I can be a pushover at times. In trying to be friendly / a good person, I'll let people take my money/time when it's not a good deal for me.
- Meta: Follow the Ben Franklin approach and focus on improving a single characteristic for two weeks at a time!
- Minor: Not spending my money in interesting / creative ways