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Decide whether anything in the week touches your tools, your work, or a risk you actually carry.
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Use means try it. Watch means understand the direction. Check means complete one bounded review. Ignore means leave it alone without guilt.
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The Practical Lab includes the smallest start, a worked example, a skip condition, and a definition of done.
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The brief has done its job when you know what matters and what you aren't doing.
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Before you try an update, finish this sentence.
I am giving this tool access to _____ so it can help me _____.
If the job is fuzzy, the access is probably too broad.
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