In 18 97, a frenchman named paul dumaire has just arrived in heno, vietna as a newly appointed governor. He decides to give the people of henoi that most french of modern luxuries, indoor plumbing. Dumer constructs a massive, modern sewer system, laying more than nine miles of pipe beneath the bustling city. This sewer system is soon overrun with rats, tens of thousands of them. And those rats carry disease. Soon people are coming down with the bubonic plague. And rats born in du mar's gleaming sewers are to blame. The French government needs to fix this problem, and fix it fast. In 19 o two, they
University of Chicago professor Ayelet Fishbach has spent the last two decades studying the science of motivation. She has developed a framework for turning idle ambition into forward-moving action. That framework is the subject of her new book, “Get It Done,” which our curators chose as one of the best non-fiction titles of the year. Today, one of those curators, Daniel Pink, chats with Ayelet about sure-fire techniques you can use to achieve your goals.
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