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id: 2026-05-14T22:02:35-0400
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title: 2026-05-14 22:02:35
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tags: []
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daily: "[[2026-05-14]]"
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# 2026-05-14 22:02:35
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Wringing the juice out of my hammered screw analogy from [[2026-05-14_17-57-07]],
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I've also been thinking about my reputation as "the [[ms-excel|Excel]] guy"
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which followed me from [[ace-electric-inc|Ace]].
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I sympathize, certainly the best tool for the job is the best one you have,
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but at some point in hammering screws
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you really have to just buck up and make the trip to Lowe's.
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> [!question]
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> You'd tell me if one of these notes affected your opinion of me,
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> wouldn't you?
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I can confidently say that every time I've watched someone do my job more efficiently[^1] than me
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I have immediately made efforts to incorporate their improvements into my process.
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Absent pressing personal matters or imminent retirement
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it's difficult to imagine how the pain of learning something new
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could outrank the pain that ought to come with knowing
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that more could be done with your limited time.
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Or, more compelling yet, in [[construction-estimating]],
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the pain of spending more time on a single project.
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I would do almost anything to be able to move on even just a day faster.
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[^1]: Not faster, that's easy. I'm slow as hell.
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