Interesting - however I think we agree since I think it supports what I was saying [although as I was writing it I was worried about how well I was expressing myself ]

I think efficiency assessment - especially your own efficiency is related to the "self-monitoring skills" mentioned in the article.

Getting a clue requires someone to objectively consider that they may not have one - when you're trying to be more efficient, aren't you assessing your cluefullness and trying to improve it?

As an aside it's the same thing that makes me hate watching people present powerpoint shows - it's so telling when they click on the menus and slowly go through their rote process. You can spot the smart ones (even salesmen!) 'cos they know the important tricks...

You also see it in driving - those people who drive up to a junction and stop..... and *then* they turn their heads and look around. I assume it just simply never occurs to them to look around *before* they arrive...

Ah, the three tenets of perl programming - Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. So true in life.