Winning - The Hindsight Insight We Actually Need

Key Takeaway on 90% of Post Like This - "What I Wish I Knew - 1st 5 Years of my Career"

• Issue: People tend to under-allocate time towards high value skills/goals, and vice versa. 
• Solution: 1) identify the winners and 2) learn from their playbook. 

Here's My Issue with the Advice:

• Hindsight is the prerequisite we (early-career guys) lack to distinguish what we perceive to be important vs. actually important. 
• Endless advice is out there: Our generation doesn't struggle finding it - our skill gap is How to Recognize Were on Track/or Not. 

Question: 

• What's a tangible difference you observed during a time you were focused on the "right stuff"? 
• Without Highsight: How Do You Recognize Your Blindspots in Real Time? 
  • What's an indication spinning your wheels that's obvious now, but would have been less obvious early-on? 
  • What questions could you have asked yourself proactively to avoid learning by failing? (What's an example of an indicator^ you overlooked early-on that became evident it was important detail after making the mistake?)

In Short:

How would you approach building the skill of recognizing you're off-track before Hindsight is in the bag (the laundry list of tried/failed experiences).