I wouldn’t dare defile Douglas Adam’s memory by not mentioning that you should keep a towel with you at all times, but my second contender is a surprisingly short three-parter:
- never lie.
- never tell the whole truth.
- never pass up a chance to use a real bathroom.
Identify the true problem before trying to find a solution
The XY problem is asking about your attempted solution rather than your actual problem. This leads to enormous amounts of wasted time and energy, both on the part of people asking for help, and on the part of those providing help.
What if you can’t find the true problem?
Lol hilarious joke.
yeah that doesn’t work unless you don’t have bosses or multiple levels of bosses who only care about making Numbers on their already sheet look like what they want them to look like
It still checks out.
Sometimes the true problem isn’t the “fire” in front of you, it’s the manager/boss.
And then you discover what you should be solving for.
You didn’t get it. It’s okay