On the quality of thinking
Mar. 28th, 2026 10:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
posicScott D. Clary writes in Facebook -- https://www.facebook.com/scottdclarypage/posts/pfbid02eRrVi9RT4ucpdwfVrXGUA85zYDyqPfZCjxPcPoDq9F3Nizn9dZizQTA7BTDykz2Kl :
The quality of your work over time is determined mostly by the quality of your thinking. Not your tools or your hours. The thinking. Which means getting clearer and more honest about what you're actually trying to do is a better investment than almost anything else.
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Yes. That is the reason I do so much thinking about my values, preferences, choices, experiences, problems, the past, the present, and the whole situation (what is called рефлексия in Russian). Many readers of this blog may interpret this as "overthinking", but I do not really think that I am thinking too much.
The quality of your work over time is determined mostly by the quality of your thinking. Not your tools or your hours. The thinking. Which means getting clearer and more honest about what you're actually trying to do is a better investment than almost anything else.
***
Yes. That is the reason I do so much thinking about my values, preferences, choices, experiences, problems, the past, the present, and the whole situation (what is called рефлексия in Russian). Many readers of this blog may interpret this as "overthinking", but I do not really think that I am thinking too much.
