Versatile solutions

Hot melt glue is a wonderfully useful material. For many projects and applications, it’s just the right thing.

But versatile solutions come with a downside: the temptation to think that they’re universal solutions.

And we know that’s not true.

Versatile solutions allow the expert to move with facility. They lighten the mental burden for addressing many problems.

But they risk being overused — particularly when someone is being lazy or they just don’t know any better.

Knowing when to grab the metaphorical glue gun — and when to resist its use — takes both knowledge and discipline.