Glossary term
What is Planning fallacy?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Planning fallacy" means: The habit of underestimating how long tasks will take. Many people do it, but not everyone, and not every time. It is taught in Learn Faster and Get More Done. Related terms include Batching, Time block, Parking list and Buffer. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Planning fallacy?
The habit of underestimating how long tasks will take. Many people do it, but not everyone, and not every time.
Where is Planning fallacy taught?
Planning fallacy is defined in Learn Faster and Get More Done.
Which terms are related to Planning fallacy?
Next to Planning fallacy in the course glossaries: Batching, Time block, Parking list, Buffer, Focus block, If-then plan (implementation intention), Attention residue and Important and urgent grid (Eisenhower matrix).
BatchingTime blockParking listBufferFocus blockIf-then plan (implementation intention)Attention residueImportant and urgent grid (Eisenhower matrix)
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Planning fallacy?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Learn Faster and Get More Done: None. You need one skill you want to learn and some time each week to practise it.