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Education

One. Thing. At. A. Time. Break it down

and the Internet; research required
By Jeff Fortney This was before personal computers
Clearent LLC something rarely done today – going
to a library. Writing the paper meant
he first semester of my junior year of high school, I was one of first writing the paper by hand and
only 15 students accepted into an advanced creative writing class. then typing it on a typewriter. For a
Although our class was large (over 1,500 students in the junior class teenage boy, even one who liked to
T alone), I knew all the other students who were accepted. As we write, the process was overwhelm-
gathered, we all talked about how this class would be an easy credit. However, ing.
within minutes of the start of the first class, we discovered otherwise.
My father must have noticed and
My teacher's first words remain in my memory. "Before we get started, let me asked what I was doing. I explained
explain your key assignment for the class. You are to write a 23-page term paper the project, what I had done so far and
on the topic of your choice, with footnoted references. You will also turn in all why I was having a hard time getting
notecards with your research. It will be due when you return from Christmas started. He paused. I expected one of
vacation." his sayings like, "A journey begins
with one step." Instead, he gave me a
For the next four months, this assignment haunted my classmates and me. Of piece of advice that I still use today.
course, a few jumped right in. But the rest of us struggled with a topic, finding It was six one word sentences: "Do.
sources, documenting research and ultimately writing the paper. Like the One. Thing. At. A. Time."
majority, I sat at the kitchen table the first Saturday of Christmas vacation to
begin the writing. I clearly remember his explanation:
"We try to do too much at one time.
We need to break it down into small
victories that lead to a finished job."
He then added the obligatory cliché:
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