How to Build a Lego Set

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You break down every single project into these small, intermediate packets. And rather than being intimidated by the grandeur of a big lego ship, you just look chapter by chapter and idea by idea. It's kind of hacking your own motivation. The hardest thing for creative people to manage in a project is actully not the project - it's their own psychology.

Cranking out work in one big push or digesting information in one big gulp requires a lot of motivation and self-discipline, which are in scarce supply. By breaking down your work into a series of small, “intermediate packets,” you can make consistent progress while building up a reserve of useful knowledge. With these packets at your disposal, you’ll have many more options for how to combine and remix them into new things in the future.