“As to methods there may be a million and
Then some, but principles are few.
The man who grasps principles can
successfully select his own methods.
The man who tries methods ignoring principles
is sure to have
trouble.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When we are confronted with difficult situations requiring us
to make critical decisions we either trust our fate to other people’s
experience and knowledge or we have to become good students of whatever game we
are forced to play or chose to play. A good student commits to learning the major
dynamic principles inherent in any subject she is studying. After understanding
the dynamic principles of what she confronts her choices will be made in creative
relationship to those principles or they will probably not be effective. So
when in doubt as to what to do in any critical situation I try to become a good
student.
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