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The Thinking Lab - JIT Bonus #2: Mental Stopping Points & Finishing Points- for Members
The Thinking Lab - JIT Bonus #2: Mental Stopping Points & Finishing Points- for MembersJanuary 23, 2024 –
Topic: JIT Bonus #2: Mental Stopping Points & Finishing Points
When you are thinking about complex issues, it's important to be able to create stopping points and finishing points along the way. A stopping point is like a landing in a stairwell. You can stop and catch your breath there. A finishing point is a stopping point where you could decree success. Every other landing in a stairwell has a door to enter onto a floor. You could exit the stairwell and go about your business on that floor.
To think effectively about complex topics, you need to be able to come up wtih frequent stopping points. In this class we'll discuss:
- Why you particularly need stopping points when you have limited time blocks
- How to get creative in coming up with stopping points — why there are always possibilities
- Stopping vs. finishing — getting your mind around doing less than you originally intended
In advance, please send me examples of tasks you get sucked into and can't stop.