Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016)
There was an interesting study I remember reading along these lines.<p>They took two equivalent classes of pottery students. Group A was told that they&#x27;d be graded based on the number of pieces made, while group B was based off the quality of a single submitted piece. Following the given incentives involved, group A made a bunch of pottery, while group B tried really hard at making good pottery.<p>What&#x27;s interesting is at the end of the class, group A&#x27;s pottery was better than group B&#x27;s. Making a lot of pottery without caring about the quality of any individual piece is <i>better</i> at making high quality pottery.<p>The key takeaway I got is that you&#x27;re generally able to magically become better at things you do a lot of. So if you want to get good at something, just do it more, and results will generally follow.