Making more informed decisions
My recent dating with ping pong game has taught me a good lesson. I never used to appreciated Ping pong game as I find it much difficult to hit the balls within the table space. But the more I played, the more I enjoyed it. Now every time I see a ping pong table, my hands just go for the pads.
As people, we tend to have different opinions and assumptions that are mostly untested, unexperienced and never derived through proper data. For example, If someone says, I don't like playing keyboard and if we query him/her for the reasons, they will come up with weird stuff explaining someone else opinion or a popular social belief. The most common reason is I tried it but I did not liked it. If we still probe into that reasoning,with a question, how many times you have tried?. The answer will always be around 1-2 times.
As per Malcolm Galdwell, we need to practice at least 10000 hours to become expert in any given field. I agree not everyone wants to become expert but is it enough to try something 1-2 times and say this is not for me.
I mean we are making decisions on the face value of the experience rather than making an educated impression. My believe is that we need to at least try for 30 days before we say, this is not for me. why 30 days? 30 days is a good amount of time to make a more informed decision. Never go with the random feelings and prevalent social beliefs. The initial infatuation wont last long.
As people, we tend to have different opinions and assumptions that are mostly untested, unexperienced and never derived through proper data. For example, If someone says, I don't like playing keyboard and if we query him/her for the reasons, they will come up with weird stuff explaining someone else opinion or a popular social belief. The most common reason is I tried it but I did not liked it. If we still probe into that reasoning,with a question, how many times you have tried?. The answer will always be around 1-2 times.
As per Malcolm Galdwell, we need to practice at least 10000 hours to become expert in any given field. I agree not everyone wants to become expert but is it enough to try something 1-2 times and say this is not for me.
I mean we are making decisions on the face value of the experience rather than making an educated impression. My believe is that we need to at least try for 30 days before we say, this is not for me. why 30 days? 30 days is a good amount of time to make a more informed decision. Never go with the random feelings and prevalent social beliefs. The initial infatuation wont last long.
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