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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

The Gaps

Are you comfortable with ambiguity?

I'm not a fan of not knowing, but I've learned that sometimes I just don't know. Try as I might, I don't understand what is going on with a customer, or a team member, or a boss. 

The effort to understand everything will always leave gaps.

Closing those gaps could take a long time. In the meantime, keep working.

-- doug smith 

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