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Getting unstuck

Seven screens. About three minutes.

One large box labelled it is not working. it will not work

Everybody gets stuck.

The difference is what happens next.

Four boxes in a row: turn it off and on, look at the message, search the message, ask somebody. The first is amber. 1off and on2read it3search it4ask

There is an order.

Most problems stop at step one or two.

A cut-away box labelled the error message with three boxes inside: what happened, where, and a number. the messagewhat happenedwherea number

The message is not noise.

It is somebody telling you exactly what went wrong.

Two boxes side by side, one labelled what I need and one labelled what exists, with a line between them. usually a gapwhat I needwhat exists

Sometimes nothing is broken.

You just have not met the thing that does it yet.

A dashed frame labelled what I can do, with a green box just outside it labelled the next thing. what I can dotodaynext

Knowing the gap is a skill.

It is the last of the twenty-one, and the one that moves you.

Do today

Write down one thing you cannot do yet that would make your week easier.

That's the whole thing