A little story I read last weekend, about a pottery course.
At the start of a semester an art class was divided in two. One half of the class was advised their semester was going to be graded solely on the quality of one pot. The other half solely on the quantity.
So one lot painstakingly tried to make the perfect pot. They concentrated for weeks on getting their pots "just right". Aiming for perfect shape and symmetry.
By semester's end there were some OK efforts though nothing exceptional.
The other half of the class simply made pot after pot to maximise the numbers made.
By the semester's end their pots were nearly perfect - more so than those made by the other half of the class.
At the start of a semester an art class was divided in two. One half of the class was advised their semester was going to be graded solely on the quality of one pot. The other half solely on the quantity.
So one lot painstakingly tried to make the perfect pot. They concentrated for weeks on getting their pots "just right". Aiming for perfect shape and symmetry.
By semester's end there were some OK efforts though nothing exceptional.
The other half of the class simply made pot after pot to maximise the numbers made.
By the semester's end their pots were nearly perfect - more so than those made by the other half of the class.