Author: Joel Gross

When you are afraid or don’t understand.

People far too often oppose a new idea merely because it brings change (fear) or they don’t understand it.

Multitasking steals your focus and energy.  It makes you feel like you are getting more done, but in reality you are just making yourself busy.

For instance, try doing two simple things at once:

1. Have a conversation about a new topic with a friend on the phone
2. Do 100 simple addition/subtraction problems at the same time

I tested this out and found that not only did my friend think I was temporarily retarded, but I did poorly on the math problems. … read more “Stop Multitasking”

To be successful, how precise do you need to be?

When you are building a house, should all of the wood be cut to within an inch, 1/10 of an inch, 1/100th of an inch or even 1/1000th of an inch? At what point do you begin to make your project take longer than its worth by being to precise?… read more “Precision”