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Something a very smart person advised me was to "Tell people what you want, not what to do" It sounds so simple yet is surprisingly hard to practice. It really
by Gustomaximus 10y ago
Something a very smart person advised me was to "Tell people what you want, not what to do"
It sounds so simple yet is surprisingly hard to practice. It really puts the onus on you to think carefully about outcomes you desire and explain it clearly.
- Swizec 10y agoOr as Neil Gaiman put it from the opposite perspective:"When people tell it's wrong, they're almost always right. When they tell you how to fix it they're almost never right."
- collyw 10y agoTo me that is a lot of the skill I have learned over the years, trying to figure out what people are trying to do when they say they need something. User suggested solutions are usually not the best.