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A Pretty Good Mathematical Model of Perfectionism

170 点作者 freefrancisco超过 4 年前

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eyelidlessness超过 4 年前
For folks finding this model&#x2F;analysis compelling: many of these observations and coping skills are common in undiagnosed ADHD. It’s not a perfect circle venn diagram, but pretty close. Any kind of paralysis without progressive validation or structured achievement is very likely associated with dopamine release and absorption.<p>In adult-diagnosed ADHD cases, we often find ourselves discovering cleverly invented milestones and achievements or even convenient self deceptions that produce dopamine when it would naturally be a long way away. Speaking for myself, I allow myself personal congratulations and merits for utterly insignificant and pointless details for any task that feels “too big” or “too daunting” to make them achievable for my brain. I can take several hours to get my laundry going, a couple minutes work in all, and I allow myself to celebrate getting the dirty laundry into a basket, then another getting it into the laundry room. Usually by this point following through is automatic and doesn’t require more workarounds.<p>But ultimately the concept is the same. If the reward feels far away, and far away is demotivating, giving yourself rewards along the way opens pathways to keep going when it doesn’t feel feasible otherwise.
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rwnspace超过 4 年前
Someone suggested making minor mistakes on purpose to me a while ago, and it turned out to be a pretty interesting kind of pain to lean into~<p>There&#x27;s a typo near the end of the post, which made me smile - my first thought was that it was left in intentionally. I recommend following the author&#x27;s lead. Like any treatment, it&#x27;s no panacea, but by god was it liberating, and I&#x27;m not entirely disabled by perfectionism these days :)
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IfOnlyYouKnew超过 4 年前
I find this now commonly believed and endlessly repeated idea that procrastination is primarily due to perfectionism... maybe a little too convenient?<p>As in: it&#x27;s almost like those jokes about interview answers: &quot;What&#x27;s your biggest weakness&quot; &#x2F; &quot;I work too much&quot;.<p>It it helps people to cope and build some self-confidence then, maybe, it&#x27;s the mistake that is net-positive. Sort-of like the (apocryphal) story that Columbus made a mistake and believed India to be much closer to Europe, and wouldn&#x27;t have attempted to cross the Atlantic otherwise.<p>But my default position would be that any such delusional thought patterns tend to hurt. This, specifically, also has the ugly implication that anybody getting stuff done is sloppy and&#x2F;or otherwise not at the genius level it takes to never do anything right.<p>(Spoken as someone who should be working instead of arguing on HN)
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Fumtumi超过 4 年前
It also doesn&#x27;t help to be a software engineer which task it is to do things which multiply.<p>It also doesn&#x27;t help that we are now so much more connected.<p>I don&#x27;t write software for one person. I often write it for Teams or customers and im efficient when i can automate things.<p>I do see this every day when i see people or processies and i think very often how inefficient it is.<p>Concept of good old mail: &quot;useless&quot;. Takes ages, a human being has to sort it and has to bring it to you. Or a lot of jobs like all things a computer could do better and faster if we removed humans inbetween and added trust.<p>My mind tries to analyse things on a meta level which also leads to thoughts of relevance. I&#x27;m probably a nihilist for a reason.<p>My Mantras for the last few years are about the &#x27;normal&#x27; things. Like trying out a new recipe .<p>And at the end of the day, i realize more and more that simple logic isn&#x27;t working and my influence is very small; Now instead of trying to change something i can&#x27;t change on a meta level, my goal now is to get away from this all.<p>I&#x27;m wandering through a mist of clarity as everyone else to arrive at the same end: death.
xelxebar超过 4 年前
I loved this!<p>Not only is it a neat, simple model to play around with, but the tone of the article made me smile.<p>I need more friends like this author!<p>Thank you for taking the (excessive) amount of time to write this and overcoming the urge to polish out all the &quot;imperfections&quot;.
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luord超过 4 年前
This resonates with me far, far more than most, if not all, articles, essays, think pieces, etc, about getting things done and procrastination I&#x27;ve ever read. Indeed, I have a serious problem with wanting to have something be perfect when I do it, so often I don&#x27;t feel like doing it. Ironically, that attitude has the result of sometimes making my work worse, since ultimately I end up having less time to do the work which can lead to sloppy results.<p>I&#x27;ll now have that nitpicky attitude in check and remind myself that not completely perfect merge&#x2F;pull requests are still work that my clients can see, and the feedback loop within them when they&#x27;re not perfect from the get go doesn&#x27;t necessarily have a downside, and can in fact improve communication and the flow of work. After all, a request is by definition not necessarily the work completed, but literally a request for feedback, and possibly iterating on the work already done.<p>I can even use a trick to mentally tell myself it doesn&#x27;t have to be perfect: I can start work everyday with the expectation that, at the end, I only need to create or update a <i>draft</i> merge&#x2F;pull request. That will get me even more easily into the mindset that I&#x27;m working to ask for feedback, not to deliver the final piece. Who knows, maybe by the end of the day the work will be good enough for a finished request, so it&#x27;s a win-win situation.<p>And that&#x27;s just one idea, that I need to put in action. I&#x27;ll see how it goes.
smitty1e超过 4 年前
My question is whether we speak of a specific deliverable here, or a body of work.<p>The path is half the battle. Furthermore, getting a [DRAFT] out and interacting with the team has a catalytic effect.<p>Ain&#x27;t about me. I&#x27;m singular. The team is plural. I&#x27;m at my location on the curve, with some leading me, some lagging.<p>As a contractor, my good work is for the sake of good work, and the knowledge it brings. That immaculately polished cannonball of a deliverable? Going under a bus.<p>Read Ecclesiastes.
tardismechanic超过 4 年前
Perfection does not exist in the universe. Imperfections can be found in anything.<p>Enjoying the process, while fully embracing this realization, is key.
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