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I prefer to internalise useful ways of thinking rather than leaning too much on tools, on the grounds that the latter are easy-come-easy-go while the former can last a lifetime.

Learn to explain what you're building, why, and more-or-less how it works in a context appropriate to the listener.

(Related: write things down. Again and again, differently, until you understand them.)

Problems and their solutions usually have similar structures.

Any fix right now might save a lot of money. The right fix next week could save years. Often both are appropriate, but the latter is nearly always most valuable.

The world does not change nearly as fast as your competitors want everyone to believe it does, but people's beliefs can.

A tool which warns you of possible mistakes before consequences occur is always more valuable than a tool which tries to guess what you meant and does that instead.




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