Leidy Klotz
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Think about subtracting as a way to make things better. One of my favorite quotes, to gain knowledge, add things every day. To gain wisdom, subtract things every day. All this today on Something You Should Know.
Think about subtracting as a way to make things better. One of my favorite quotes, to gain knowledge, add things every day. To gain wisdom, subtract things every day. All this today on Something You Should Know.
Think about subtracting as a way to make things better. One of my favorite quotes, to gain knowledge, add things every day. To gain wisdom, subtract things every day. All this today on Something You Should Know.
It's to think about subtracting as a way to make things better. And, you know, if we think about any situation that we encounter, this happens all the time, whether it's, you know, you mentioned the minimalist ideas that often has to do with the physical things in our house. We ask, how do we make our living space better? It's like, well, I could add this blanket or whatever.
It's to think about subtracting as a way to make things better. And, you know, if we think about any situation that we encounter, this happens all the time, whether it's, you know, you mentioned the minimalist ideas that often has to do with the physical things in our house. We ask, how do we make our living space better? It's like, well, I could add this blanket or whatever.
It's to think about subtracting as a way to make things better. And, you know, if we think about any situation that we encounter, this happens all the time, whether it's, you know, you mentioned the minimalist ideas that often has to do with the physical things in our house. We ask, how do we make our living space better? It's like, well, I could add this blanket or whatever.
whenever we are at whenever we ask that question we have multiple options one is to add things one is to kind of rearrange things and one that we overlook is that we can actually take things away one of my favorite quotes to gain knowledge add things every day to gain wisdom subtract things every day and this is like that quote still gets thrown around the internet and it's
whenever we are at whenever we ask that question we have multiple options one is to add things one is to kind of rearrange things and one that we overlook is that we can actually take things away one of my favorite quotes to gain knowledge add things every day to gain wisdom subtract things every day and this is like that quote still gets thrown around the internet and it's
whenever we are at whenever we ask that question we have multiple options one is to add things one is to kind of rearrange things and one that we overlook is that we can actually take things away one of my favorite quotes to gain knowledge add things every day to gain wisdom subtract things every day and this is like that quote still gets thrown around the internet and it's
It's evidence that we've been overlooking subtracting for a long time and that we still overlook it because that kind of quote rings true and counterintuitive still.
It's evidence that we've been overlooking subtracting for a long time and that we still overlook it because that kind of quote rings true and counterintuitive still.
It's evidence that we've been overlooking subtracting for a long time and that we still overlook it because that kind of quote rings true and counterintuitive still.
Yeah, that's what our research found. I mean, so I've been interested in this for a really long time as a designer, engineer, architect, professor. I kind of noticed these instances where taking something away actually creates something better, whether it's editing words, right? If you write 200 words and you're challenged to narrow it down to 100, that'll be a better 100 words.
Yeah, that's what our research found. I mean, so I've been interested in this for a really long time as a designer, engineer, architect, professor. I kind of noticed these instances where taking something away actually creates something better, whether it's editing words, right? If you write 200 words and you're challenged to narrow it down to 100, that'll be a better 100 words.
Yeah, that's what our research found. I mean, so I've been interested in this for a really long time as a designer, engineer, architect, professor. I kind of noticed these instances where taking something away actually creates something better, whether it's editing words, right? If you write 200 words and you're challenged to narrow it down to 100, that'll be a better 100 words.
Or it's these streamlined, elegant, modern designs that looks better. And so the question was, do we actually overlook that? And the answer is yes.
Or it's these streamlined, elegant, modern designs that looks better. And so the question was, do we actually overlook that? And the answer is yes.
Or it's these streamlined, elegant, modern designs that looks better. And so the question was, do we actually overlook that? And the answer is yes.
The best example is, I mean, I was playing Legos with my three-year-old son, and this was before we had done the research. What we were doing was building a bridge, basically. And the problem we had was that the Lego bridge wasn't level. So there was one column on the bridge that was shorter than the other column. And so I went to solve this problem to improve the situation.
The best example is, I mean, I was playing Legos with my three-year-old son, and this was before we had done the research. What we were doing was building a bridge, basically. And the problem we had was that the Lego bridge wasn't level. So there was one column on the bridge that was shorter than the other column. And so I went to solve this problem to improve the situation.