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September 26th - Don't only have a hammer in your tool box


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If the only tool in your tool box is a hammer, then every problem will look like a nail. If you have to cut a piece of wood but all you have is a hammer, you're not going to be able cut a clean piece of wood and will just create more of a mess than if you did nothing. To prevent making things a mess in your life when you try to get a job done, you need to get skills or delegate that task to someone who has that skill. Delegating is also a skill so you need to add to your toolbox if you want to solve your problems cleanly. 

When you're able to have a toolbox full of tools, you can complete any project and create a lot of great looking things. Having only one tool will make you less effective so don’t over value one tool over another, because different jobs will require different tools.

Journal Prompts

  1. Are you only using one tool to solve most of your problems? How do you know this is the case or not?
  2. What happens when you solve your problems only using one tool?
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