Understand the rules before breaking them

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Understand the rules before breaking them

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Systems strive for self-preservation
Learning is a four-phase process
Seek First to Understand

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Systems strive for self-preservation
Learning is a four-phase process
Seek First to Understand

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Best practices are a floor, not a ceiling
Learning is a four-phase process
Systems strive for self-preservation

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Best practices are a floor, not a ceiling
Learning is a four-phase process
Systems strive for self-preservation

You cannot change a system until you understand the way it operates and the mechanisms it enacts in an attempt to preserve itself learning why they exist. In other words, before you break the rules, you need to go through the process of learning why they exist.