Mastering your tools

One way you can get more value out of your tools is to get intimately familiar what they can do and how they work.

An average violin in the hands of a master can create more value than a Stradivarius in the hands of an average player.

To master your instrument, you can do a few things:

Spend more of your own time in practice and performance.

Study tutorials and manuals from people who have mastered it.

Get an instructor who can skip over the parts you've already mastered, show you things you never knew, and even correct bad habits and misconceptions.

Hang out with other people who are trying to learn the same thing.

These are all good ways to turn the systems you already have into tools that are actually more valuable for you.

Yes, sometimes you just need to hire a musician to play the music.

But to build long-term value in your tool set, someone on your team needs to master the tools.

All the best,
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