Today i am so screwed, i actually over sleep and didn't go for tuition and i gave my tutee a lousy excuse-.-
don't know why i seem to have slight headache everynow and then and will get tired easily. Maybe
due to lack of sleep?
Anyways, I love to give advices:D hahaha!!
and so
Here are 8 tips i've gotten to like help you guys to
minimize, if not prevent making mistakes unnecessarily.
1. Think small. Each year in the United States, some 7,000 people die from medication errors-and many of them are made because of doctors’ sloppy handwriting. Little things do mean a lot.
2.Think negatively. When you have a major decision to make, ask, What could go wrong? While putting a positive spin on things can influence their outcome, positive thinking also blinds us to pitfalls. So look for and even expect failure. It’s “the power of negative thinking,” says Atul Gawande, MD, of Harvard Medical School.
3. Think differently. Habit is a great friend, saving us time and mental effort. But it can kill our ability to perceive novel situations. After a while, we see only what we expect to see.
4. Slow down. Multitasking can cause our error rate to go up, as our attention becomes divided. It makes sense to slow down and do things one at a time. The slower approach may actually be more efficient in the long run.
5. Get more sleep. Sleepy people make mistakes, and there are staggering numbers of sleep-deprived people out there.
6. Beware anecdotes. When making decisions, we often give vivid bits of information-like diet testimonials-more credence than they deserve. The power of anecdotes to lead us astray is so strong that an influential CIA study advises intelligence analysts not to rely on them. Ask for averages, not testimonials.
7. Put off decisions until you’re in a better mood. Good feelings increase the tendency to combine material in new ways and see relatedness between things. Happy people tend to be more creative and less prone to errors.
8. Use constraints. Simple mental aids keep us on the right track. The color red works well because this extreme and powerful color signifies “stop.” A song’s melody can be a constraint against forgetting; it’s why jingles stay with us long after commercials do.
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