{"id":3076,"date":"2021-10-22T14:56:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T21:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2021-10-22T14:56:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T21:56:48","slug":"can-it-get-any-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/can-it-get-any-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Can It Get Any Worse!?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" data-attachment-id=\"3079\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/can-it-get-any-worse\/stuff\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stuff.jpg?fit=2000%2C1276&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1276\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"stuff\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stuff.jpg?fit=1024%2C653&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stuff.jpg?resize=1024%2C653&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stuff.jpg?resize=1024%2C653&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stuff.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/stuff.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had an email to send. A simple reply for a simple sweet note from a client. It wasn&#8217;t a groundbreaking piece of prose. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The question a robot would ask is &#8220;What&#8217;s the minimum viable action?&#8221; I find it little easier to ask something like &#8220;can I make it worse?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inevitably I&#8217;m delaying on something because it&#8217;s big. It&#8217;s way bigger than an email response. I have a bunch to consider as far as <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>who do I want to seem to be?<\/li><li>what is the best way to present that?<\/li><li>what does the recipient need?<\/li><li>is it weird to respond right away?<\/li><li>is it weird to respond later?<\/li><li>what do I want to do next with this client?<\/li><li>and a million more!!!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got to a moment where I noticed that feeling that it&#8217;s going to be a bigger deal if I don&#8217;t respond at all. I&#8217;m going to need to respond at some point. It might take me a lot of time to come up with the perfect joke response. So, I say &#8220;I&#8217;ll do it poorly&#8221; I jump in. 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