Sounds like a problem with the execution instead of the technique.
The alternative to thinking before doing is wandering aimlessly, which really isn't likely to steer you where you want to be.
We basically developed whole-ass treatises (and some unhealthy cargo cults) around people saying that the observe -> think -> do -> restart loop should be small and leave space for adjustments between each step.
> The alternative to thinking before doing is wandering aimlessly, which really isn't likely to steer you where you want to be.
When I was a kid, we topped over this hill on the interstate, and way down in the distance there was an overpass across the road, with straight road from here to there. And I wondered how my dad could aim the car so well that it would go under that overpass way off in the distance.
Of course, now I know that he didn't do that. He didn't even try to do that. Instead, he steered the car.
The alternative to thinking before doing is not wandering aimlessly. It's steering. It's knowing where you're trying to go, even if you don't exactly know how to get there, and having an initial idea of how to get there, and then starting to go there, and adjusting as you find obstacles that you didn't know existed, and as you find that your aim was off.
The alternative to thinking before doing is wandering aimlessly, which really isn't likely to steer you where you want to be.
We basically developed whole-ass treatises (and some unhealthy cargo cults) around people saying that the observe -> think -> do -> restart loop should be small and leave space for adjustments between each step.