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To: kawhill

“If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail” - Abraham Maslow.

So, pull out those Birmingham Screwdrivers, and get to work.


3 posted on 11/03/2024 4:44:28 PM PST by PAR35
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To: PAR35
No, sir; that is a serious misquote. You have missed the logic of the thought that gives it meaning.

This is the saying attributed to Maslow (key word bolded):

“If the ONLY tool you have is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail.”
Fixed it.

What I learned fifty years ago from a master machinist who learned his trade on a mother ship supporting submarine repairs in WWII was this, and it is true:

"If the nail is the problem, don't force it.
Get a bigger hammer."

78 posted on 11/04/2024 4:53:19 AM PST by imardmd1 (To learn is to live; the joy of living: to teach. Fiat Lux!)
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