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When removing a block can help more than adding more

0:44Marco Montemagno · YouTubeIn Italian
A green and sage block construction with one lime piece set aside and other unused blocks.AI illustration

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Montemagno suggests asking what one can stop doing. He recalls an experiment with a Lego structure that, in his account, could be stabilised by removing one brick, while people tended to add eight. He uses the example to suggest pausing before adding tasks or complications: sometimes subtraction can help. The short account does not identify the study or verify its findings.

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  • In his account, removing one brick was enough to stabilise the Lego structure.
  • The average addition of eight pieces is reported by Montemagno; the study is neither identified nor verified in the Short.
  • His advice is to pause and consider what to remove or avoid before adding more tasks.
Open the source: Per stabilizzare il Lego bastava togliere un pezzo. In media se ne aggiungevano otto.…

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