Partially sighted
That Friday afternoon feeling. Not lethargy, not excitement for the weekend, but panic that another week’s over with so little progress and so little done. It…
Sometimes, wherever you poke at a problem, whichever way you look, however close you get, you only get a piece of the thing. There’s always another layer or a connected something you’re missing. Until, tired and dirty, you have the whole thing laid out. And it begins to make sense. And you can work on an answer.
Maybe there’s a trick where ‘alf a problem begets a whole solution – but I don’t know it. The only way is … gather all the pieces, dig in or stand back as necessary, make the synaptic links.
When asking for help, first work out, is it one of these problems?
Will a simple request – hold this ladder – do the job, or will everyone benefit from a guided tour of what you know?
Treat the latter like the former: the partially sighted will lead the wilfully blinkered.
Skippy strategy: Share the whole picture.
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