“I tend to have a hard time working on pieces long before they're due. That's why I think the fact that I write a column is really good for me - the column has to be done, and there's no getting around it.” ThinkingWritingLongHardDoneFactsPiecesDuesHard TimesColumns Author:James Surowiecki
“You'll sometimes hear from people that they actually do a better job of getting their work done when they have a lot of other obligations - in effect, it removes the possibility of procrastinating.” PeopleSometimesDoneJobsEffectsPossibilityObligationRemoveWork DoneBetter JobsProcrastinating Author:James Surowiecki
“One of the problems that exacerbates procrastination is the feeling that you have lots of different things to do and no clear sense of which matter more, when they should be done, etc.” ShouldDifferentMatterDoneFeelingsProblemClearThings To DoEtcDifferent ThingsProcrastination Author:James Surowiecki
“Framing effects can be very influential, and to the degree that you can think of a task as close rather than distant, you're more likely to actually get it done.” ThinkingDoneEffectsDegreesTasksInfluentialGet It DoneFraming Author:James Surowiecki
“In the heart of the Great Depression, millions of American workers did something they'd never done before: they joined a union. Emboldened by the passage of the Wagner Act, which made collective bargaining easier, unions organized industries across the country, remaking the economy.” HeartMadeCountryDoneMillionsEconomyIndustryEasierUnionsWorkersOrganizedCollectivesPassagesGreat DepressionBargainingWagnerAmerican WorkersCollective Bargaining Author:James Surowiecki
“When all is said and done, cheap gas is an illusion, because our reliance on gas creates a whole series of costs that aren't factored in to the pump price - among them congestion, pollution, and increased risk of accidents.” SaidDoneWholeRiskCostIllusionSeriesAccidentsGasPollutionReliancePumpsSaid And DoneCongestion Author:James Surowiecki
“This intelligence, or what I'll call "the wisdom of crowds," is at work in the world in many different guises. It's the reason the Internet search engine Google can scan a billion Web pages and find the one page that has the exact piece of information you were looking for. It's the reason it's so hard to make money betting on NFL games, and it helps explain why, for the past fifteen years, a few hundred amateur traders in the middle of Iowa have done a better job of predicting election results than Gallup polls have.” WorldYearsDifferentHardReasonDoneHelpingWisdomJobsPastGamesResultsPiecesMiddleInformationInternetPagesHundredElectionIntelligenceCrowdsBillionsMaking MoneyNflEnginesFifteenGooglePollsBetter JobsGuiseFifteen YearsIowaTradersBettingPredictingSearch EngineWeb PageElection ResultsNfl Games Author:James Surowiecki
