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A small practice for the old recommendation

A practical exercise: Record when it was received and check it before acting on it.

Original practice · Optional exercise · Memory needs context

Choose a low-stakes example you can change without affecting another person’s private information or commitments.

  1. Describe the current situation in one sentence. The example here is: A recommendation is saved as though it will always be current.
  2. Record when it was received and check it before acting on it.
  3. Compare the result with the difficulty you named. Write one concrete observation.
  4. Keep, adapt, or stop the experiment. A note about why you stopped is a valid result.

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What are you asking another person to agree to, and can they comfortably decline?