Get the basic right first

I'm a great believer in getting the absolute basics right before trying to add some fancy stuff on top. But so many of the meetings I sit in on, I think I must be missing the point or something, because I'm sitting there thinkging "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TALKING ABOUT THAT NOW FOR, when you haven't even worked out how to do the basic stuff yet?".

I have to clean the kitchen before I cook a meal.
Sometimes I even have to clean my DESK before I start a tough day at work.

But it all boils down to the same thing .... don't even TRY to tackle some of that advanced stuff, before you've mastered the basics.

Isn't that life in general?
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