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381 - Tried Everything but Nothing's Working? Studies Show This Creative Tactic is Often Overlooked

Creative Pep Talk

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Subtracting a Block From a Longer Column

The work of improving something through subtraction was sparked by an experience that lighty had while he was playing lego with his kid. He noticed, he observed that his first impulse on how to fix a problem or improve the thing they were building was always to add something. Lighdy went on to do a whole mess of studies on the topic and found that when participants were asked to improve something in all sorts of scenarios, their impulse was almost always to add.

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