Do you know that I've been staring at the screen for the past 45 minutes, trying to remember what it was I wanted to write about. You see, for the past two months, I've been neglecting my civic duty of entertaining my three loyal readers (yes, I have only three confirmed regular readers of this blog... the rest of you people just drop in whenever you feel like it...)
Anyway, during those two months, I've done and seen amazing, wonderful, exciting, and down right silly things... most of which, I want to write about. I've started to build thought webs in my head, mapping out how the blog posts would be like...
Unfortunately, I'm forgetful... and the only thing left in my head are not thought webs, but cobwebs instead...
So let's just say, I did put pen to paper (or in this case, finger to keyboard), and you all were entertained... Use your imagination, now...
I did have a point to this... let's see if I could remember...
Lame joke, eh? I had a good one, but I forgot what it was.... :P
Anyway... I know I have this memory problem... I am bad with details, names, faces... important things in my line of work (my day job), as well as this 'amateur writer' thing... and I'm supposed to write stuff down...
I have at my disposal :
1 leather bound organizer, complete with sections for dates, notes, contacts, etc
2 spiral bound notebooks (which I usually take to meetings)
1 notepad
1 post-it notepad
2 smart phones which can do all sorts of things which I haven't figured out yet
1 'bushel' (not sure on the unit of measurement here...) of friends that I can tell important info to so they can help remind me...
BUT, I use none of these... except for during work, when I use one of the spiral bound notebooks... (the boss is watching... can't just stand there twiddling my thumbs!)
Do you know why I don't use these things? Because I'm confident that I'll remember...
And this, my avid readers, brings us to the topic of discussion on this warm February night... overconfidence.
To me, overconfidence is something like misplaced optimism... Now, I'm one of those 'glass half full' guys... I believe, even without the necessary knowledge and resources, I will somehow pull through with the required results...
It has worked numerous times in the past... for example, I managed to graduate even though I hardly studied (or even showed up for class) during my undergrad days... Up to this day, the fact that I graduated with a bachelor's degree still baffles me (no it doesn't... I'm just brilliant! ;)...
Now let's look at the real facts of life... I've got a memory problem... I don't write important stuff down... every time I have to remember something, I'm confident with the fact that I'll remember it later when I need to use it... obviously I forget... And the cycle repeats itself over and over again...
Einstein once said "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"... the man's got a point...
I'm not saying you shouldn't be confident with whatever you're doing... you just have to be well prepared... make sure your confidence level is well justified.
A winning effort begins with preparation - Joe Gibbs
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