Posts tagged "mental-models"

Do It Right The Second Time

Recently, I’ve been thinking about how I approach new problems/domains. I tend to prematurely perfect steps that I’ve never performed. Lately, I’ve been trying to reset my expectations when approaching a new problem or learning a new skill. Assume I’ll have to do it twice. Certainly, for some decisions/operations this is horrible advice, like getting married or buying a house. But when learning a new skill or when performing a task that can be easily reversed (or easily mocked up/tested) the old adage of “do it right the first time” falls flat for me. It’s better to just assume you’ll do it twice.