There is a lot of psychological research on this. Start with the big 5[1] and then read about conscientiousness[2]. Then realize that conscientiousness is negatively correlated with intelligence at around -0.27 and politically oriented. The last time I commented on this here at HN I went into further detail about what conscientiousness means in real life according to the research and my comment was flagged and suppressed. I guess it made people sad. So I will let you do your own reading.
1. Become detail oriented. Too high of conscientiousness becomes associated with obsessive personality disorders and perfectionism, but that is the direction you must pursue in order to improve in this regard.
2. Be organized and tidy. Do you find cleaning your room stressful? Get over yourself and get it done. Make it a competitive challenge in that the next time can you do it faster and better. Challenge yourself and get it done. Each you do it focus on learning so that you improve for the next attempt. Think like this for everything. Keep in mind its almost always better to be wrong and done than to have never started out of safety.
Highly conscientious people tire less when it comes to making tough decisions, which allows them to make tough decisions continuously for longer streaks of time. You can build stamina about this, but be careful. Quality of decision output degrades dramatically with fatigue. I have had to teach myself to stop programming new things when I become exhausted and when to realize my exhaust limit.
Since conscientiousness is not aligned with intelligence you don't have to be smart to be good at this. That means less smart people will surpass you in life if you aren't good at this.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientiousness
There are two things you can do to improve this:
1. Become detail oriented. Too high of conscientiousness becomes associated with obsessive personality disorders and perfectionism, but that is the direction you must pursue in order to improve in this regard.
2. Be organized and tidy. Do you find cleaning your room stressful? Get over yourself and get it done. Make it a competitive challenge in that the next time can you do it faster and better. Challenge yourself and get it done. Each you do it focus on learning so that you improve for the next attempt. Think like this for everything. Keep in mind its almost always better to be wrong and done than to have never started out of safety.
Highly conscientious people tire less when it comes to making tough decisions, which allows them to make tough decisions continuously for longer streaks of time. You can build stamina about this, but be careful. Quality of decision output degrades dramatically with fatigue. I have had to teach myself to stop programming new things when I become exhausted and when to realize my exhaust limit.
Since conscientiousness is not aligned with intelligence you don't have to be smart to be good at this. That means less smart people will surpass you in life if you aren't good at this.