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__alexstoday at 8:38 AM1 replyview on HN

For me the process which works is the "make a mess, then clean it up" approach. Also known as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Diamond_(design_process...


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whackernewstoday at 8:59 AM

Yeh, same. I also have a strong “do it now” attitude to try and reduce as much fluff as possible. I know a lot of people where they will add sending an email to the bottom of their very long todo list and it basically won’t get done. It takes two minutes, just DO IT when someone asks. In fact when someone asks me anything at work I drop everything, find the answer, and my next reply to them will be with the answer. I know context switching can be tough but other people are your portal to how your perceived in the outside world so they should be treated as priority. People appreciate this and you’ll be loved by your colleagues. Then you can go back to the optimisation rabbit hole you were half way down that probably wasn’t 100% asked for by the client anyway if you’re being honest.