Document your mistakes and then try to block them in the future
I&#x27;ve done this extensively and have compiled a lot of data because of how many mistakes I make, and am working on this document, an ongoing set of strategies for decoupling success from natural talent: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;EternityForest&#x2F;AnyoneCanDoIt" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;EternityForest&#x2F;AnyoneCanDoIt</a><p>My most important rules:<p>1. There is no later. I assume that time is a concept only machines can process. If someone tells me to do something when X happens or check something in an hour or so, I immediately set reminders. I don&#x27;t even consider trying to just remember as an option, I know my failure rate will be well over 80%.<p>2. Absolutely no mental rotation. Learn to recognize any thought process that involves a rotation, and assume results are invalid. I check the map after after every turn. I never compare objects in different orientations.<p>3. The verbal machine gun strategy<p>When someone is trying to get me to do something dangerous, and starts talking fast, I assume it&#x27;s basically suppressive fire for thought.<p>If I were to explain why it&#x27;s a bad idea in their pitch and tone I&#x27;d sound like a maniac, but they can talk as fast as they want because they are relying on tradition and intuition, not complicated reasoning.<p>&quot;Come on, it will be fun&quot; is easier to say fast then &quot;I literally know a guy who was very experienced, who tried this, and died&quot;.<p>The only defense I know of is to not care what they think or how you look, and have nothing to prove, especially not to yourself.<p>4. Never assume any task is too simple and easy to need a plan. If you give me a bucket of balls and ask me to count them, I&#x27;m going to pull out a counter app. That 10% of the time I lose count before getting to 10 is embarrassing enough to be worth the trouble to avoid.