Mental Model Ringelmann Effect | As a group increases its amount of members, individuals of that group tend to become increasingly less productive. It was named after French agricultural engineer Maximilien Ringelmann. Consider a tug of war. As more people are involved in it, their average performance tends to decrease because each participant feels that their […]
One of the most successful novelists of the Victorian era, Trollope figured out a daily writing routine that allowed him to write write books with astounding speed. Beginning with his first novel in 1847, he wrote 47 novels as well as many short stories, nonfiction books, and plays over the course of his 35 year career. Trollope […]
I used to be a serial starter. I would begin projects with grand ideas and visions of success, however I would never see them through. I would never finish what I started. From multiple jobs to different online stores. They would always start out well. The ‘newness’ of it would take hold of me and […]
Multitasking sounds like a great idea. Get more done in less time! Wrong. Neuroscience tells us in fact that the opposite is true. What is actually happening is that every time we move from hearing music, to writing a text, or talking to someone, there is a stop/start process that goes on in the brain. […]
As the 34th President of the United States (1953 – 1961), Dwight D. Eisenhower was unbelievably productive. During his tenure in office he launched programs that directly led to: the development of the Interstate Highway System, the exploration of space (NASA), the signing into law the first major piece of civil rights legislation since the […]
It is 1918 and Charles M. Schwab is one of the wealthiest men on the planet. He is the President of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, the largest shipbuilder and the second-largest steel producer in America. Thomas Edison (the revered inventor) once referred to Schwab as a “master hustler”. He constantly was looking for ways to […]