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Outcomes vs Actions #5

Open dreeves opened 2 years ago

dreeves commented 2 years ago
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Beemind actions strictly and outcomes laxly. Aka inputs over outputs.
More at https://blog.beeminder.com/whattomind/

Beemind actions strictly and outcomes laxly.
More at https://blog.beeminder.com/whattomind/

Beemind actions strictly and outcomes laxly.
More at https://blog.beeminder.com/philip/

Beemind actions strictly and outcomes laxly.
See https://blog.beeminder.com/philip/ and
https://blog.beeminder.com/whattomind/

It's generally better to beemind things you have full control over. 
Actions over outcomes. Inputs over outputs. Beeminding calories and/or
steps rather than your scale weight is a classic example.

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Repeating these to be more frequent, though none are exact repeats here.

Verbata: meta, metrics, actions vs outcomes, inputs vs outputs, pointers to blog posts, timeless,