A study performed by researchers at Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford University, along with researchers at Fudan University and Peking University in China, split students into three groups. Every person in each was charged with writing information on 80 books a day for eight days. One group’s goal was given to them as 80 books a day, one group’s goal was divided into 10 sub-goals of eight books each, and the third group’s goal was presented as sub-goals for the first four days and then 80 books a day for the remainder of the study.
The big picture group submitted information on a total of 1,268 books over the eight days, the sub-goal group submitted information on 1,392 and the hybrid group submitted information on 1,906 books.
Researchers believe this demonstrates that, when beginning a daunting project, it is best to think of it in terms of manageable tasks. However, later on in the project, when you may feel yourself getting bored or distracted, is important to frame your tasks in terms of the big picture.
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