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malcolmocean comments on New Monthly Thread: Bragging - Less Wrong Discussion

30 Post author: Joshua_Blaine 11 August 2013 05:50PM

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Comment author: malcolmocean 12 August 2013 04:24:31AM 0 points [-]

I think it is generally a good policy not to talk about plans unless you're specifically looking for feedback/help/advice with them. It's hard, but I've been trying to avoid saying "I've been thinking about doing XYZ". There've been a few instances I can think of where this has prompted me to:

  • take action when I probably otherwise would have waited
  • framed my desire to talk about it as "do you have any ideas?"