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"Gilbreth studied the methods of various bricklayers—the poor workmen and the best ones, and he stumbled upon an astonishing fact of great importance and signif
by aaronchall 6y ago
"Gilbreth studied the methods of various bricklayers—the poor workmen and the best ones, and he stumbled upon an astonishing fact of great importance and significance. He found that he could learn most from the lazy man!"
"Most of the chance improvements in human motions that eliminate unnecessary movement and reduce fatigue have been hit upon, Gilbreth thinks, by men who were lazy—so lazy that every needless step counted.”
"Another important thing Gilbreth noted was that the so-called expert factory workers are often the most wasteful of their motions and strength. Because of their energy and ability to work at high speed, such men may be able to produce a large quantity of good work, and thus qualify as experts, but they tire themselves out of all proportion to the amount of work done."
- Popular Science, 1920, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/26/lazy-job/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/02/26/lazy-job/
- agumonkey 6y agoI believe life forms are optimizers .. survival means spending the least amount (according to our mental representations but bodies are a major source of data). Then there's lazy and defeated. I'm so not the same as my colleagues who are lazy .. they know what is useless to a point and avoid the work. I have a fundamentally different approach (from computing, food shops and industry). I aim at minimizing work AND maximizing flow. It makes my processes very different because I remap the task and attack many paths to find the most enjoyable one. The other lazies don't dive in the task they just take the simplest path and do it slowly.
- jasonwatkinspdx 6y agoI got an interesting personal education on this working on some volunteer construction projects down in Mexico. The locals all move with a very deliberate slow pace. Us gringos tried to be more gung ho, and by 11 am the heat plus our effort had destroyed us. Meanwhile the local folks just kept on truckin' until sunset.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoSustainable Pace is one of those good buzz-terms to throw around - sure you can be fast, but is it sustainable? It's a good attitude to have in life and work as well - sure, you can do 16 hour binge working days, but for how long can you sustain that? Can you keep that up until retirement, whenever that may be? Is it worth it?
- hinkley 6y agoLaziness is the father of efficiency.