Article: The Pottery Class Paradox

There was once a pottery teacher called Brian. One month, he decided to split his class into two groups. Group A had to make a pot every day for 30 days (so 30 pots in total). Group B had to work on a single pot for the whole 30 days.

At the end of the month, Brian judged the quality of the pots. Without exception, every one of the top 10 pots came from Group A, the guys that made one pot per day. None came from the group that focused on perfecting their single pot.

Love this post by Ali Abdaal, who has great productivity posts.

TLDR: Focus on quantity over quality when trying to improve a skill or learn something new. Applies to both life and engineering :)

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