> [...] I had to stop understanding [...] This was huge. I could legit say ‘I don’t know’ to all questions, and redirect people to the correct resource. If tha

> [...] I had to stop understanding [...] This was huge. I could legit say ‘I don’t know’ to all questions, and redirect people to the correct resource. If that resource didn’t exist, it was escalated to someone other than me. This is called learning how to delegate. It's great that the author discovered it. An alternative tactic people follow when they still like to know the details is to apply "strategic incompetence": https://www.google.com/search?q=strategic+incompetence https://www.google.com/search?q=strategic+incompetence