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Why the “Task Completion Bias” Could Give You the Illusion of Productive Practice, but Make You Less Productive in the Long-Term
Why the “Task Completion Bias” Could Give You the Illusion of Productive Practice, but Make You Less Productive in the Long-Term
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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Sep 15, 2019
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Podcast episode
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Is it more productive to front-load easy problems or to work on difficult ones? Well, research suggests that working on easy problems can be deceptively productive (and satisfying!) in the short term, but less productive in the long-term. Why the “Task Completion Bias” Could Give You the Illusion of Productive Practice, but Make You Less Productive in the Long-Term BTW, I mention Met percussionist Rob Knopper's article on practice, which is linked in the post above, but which you can go to directly here.
Released:
Sep 15, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Why It’s Probably Not a Good Sign If Practicing Starts to Feel Easy: Research suggests that my teacher may have been onto something when he said "if practicing feels easy, you’re probably not doing it right.” by The Bulletproof Musician