The +1 Method · chapter 8: The Science of Small
The family tree
2026-11-08
Six pieces of other people's work on the left, the three rules of this book on the right, and one small band at the bottom for the part that is mine. The proportions of that picture are the point.
Below: the paragraphs from the book that build this idea, then the diagram itself (Figure 8.1), and a recap. About a minute of reading.
So here is the honest tour. I am going to name the people I borrowed from, say what each of them gave me, and then say the two small things that are left over. This chapter is short on purpose. It is a map of a library, not a replacement for it. If one of these names sounds like the book you actually need, close mine and go read theirs.
Figure 8.1 is that map. On the left, the work this method is made of. On the right, the three rules it becomes. In the middle, nothing clever.
Recap
- The idea: Six pieces of other people's work on the left, the three rules of this book on the right, and one small band at the bottom for the part that is mine.
- The picture: Figure 8.1, from chapter 8 ("The Science of Small") of The +1 Method.
- Go deeper: the chapter builds this step by step, with recipes and sources at the end.
This diagram is one of many in The +1 Method.
Every chapter opens with the gist, draws the hard ideas, and ends with recipes and sources.
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