How to Reduce the Difficulty of Any Task

Proven by Science!

In a 1981 Stanford University study, two groups of children were given 42 pages of math problems to solve. One group was told to have them all done within seven sessions. This group wasn’t motivated to get the task done, and after their answers were reviewed, researches found only 40% of their answers to be correct.

The other group was given the same problems, but was told to do six pages per session, across the same seven sessions. They were more motivated, finished the work more quickly, and got 80% of them correct. Breaking the problems up into baby steps really worked for them!

What about adults?

Just because that experiment was on people who could count their age on their fingers, doesn’t mean it wouldn’t work on you! It certainly worked on me, Darryl Hicks. I wouldn’t be the CEO of two Tungsten companies if it didn’t! Ten years ago, if you had told me to run two companies at the same time, I would have told you it was impossible. But tackling the challenge step-by-step turned out to be the best move I could have made.

Consider any sort of health goal. People who try to cut out something unhealthy from their diet (like sugar or carbs) end up losing interest in the first week or two, because they jump right into it. Instead, consider substitutions. Substitute a can of soda or that second coffee with a glass of water. Instead of that brownie, a piece of fruit. Once you get into the habit of eating better, it becomes easy; but you must enter the habit one step at a time.

Taking things by baby steps works with all areas of life. To get to the other side of that long road, it’s faster if you take small steps than it is to take giant leaps and end up falling.

If you have any questions, visit me at Darryl Hicks Tungsten, and I would be glad to help.

Darryl Hicks, Tungsten Talks.

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