If it never really works

If there’s a golf club you can never hit quite right... If there’s a hand plane that never produces the desired surface... If there’s a pen whose line is always inadequate... If there’s a pair of scissors that cuts terribly...

Take it out of the bag. Remove it from the toolbox.

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And if there’s a kind of response that you have to certain situations... A way of dealing with an employee... A way of speaking to a child who isn’t listening... A way of processing a personal setback...

If there’s a “tool” that you apply to these situations — a tool that never quite works the way you’d like it to... A tool that never yields the result you’re seeking…

Take it out of the bag. Find a better tool. A better response. A better way.

Don’t stick with what doesn’t work.