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Deadlines, especially for creative tasks, can sometimes reduce intrinsic motivation and flatten creativity.
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151 |
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Deliberate thinking is a wonderful tool when we have the luxury of time, the help of a computer, and a clearly defined task, and the fruits of that type of analysis can set the stage for rapid cognition.
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141 |
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Freaking out about time pressure causes people to focus on the task at hand and tune out everything else.
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226 |
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…a hallmark of poor performance is a lack of self-awareness; [bad bosses] consistently overestimate their skills in just about any task that requires intellectual and social skills…
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244 |
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Cultural legacies matter, and once we’ve seen the surprising effects… it’s hard not to wonder how many other cultural legacies have an impact on our twenty-first-century intellectual tasks.
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232 |
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When a clear goal is attached to a specific task… it gives us an energizing push, a sense of purpose.
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57 |
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Question #1: What tasks is the product really used for?
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025 |
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As the innovator, your task is to go out and observe and know deeply the tasks that your products facilitate.
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029 |
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All true product innovation takes place at the task level because innovation is in the eye of the user, not of the engineering department.
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069 |
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When you develop a good, instinctive feel for these differences [between steps and tasks], you can innovate in any field because it is these two skills that make you an innovator.
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