One of the best things I learned was troubleshooting.
Troubleshooting taught me to find the source of the problem rather than figure out endless quick fixes.
Troubleshooting, first principles, call it what you will. Breaking a problem down is critical and has served me well in every aspect of my life.
Agreed, I definitely have had not doing this bite me time and time again
I think most people do, me included.
Sometimes a quick fix is needed. For example, you’re on a road trip and gas line is cut. Duct tape it. If your app/site is down and you can hack a fix to get it back up, do it. Just don’t let these quick fixes become permanent.
If you have some time though, it’s worth putting in the effort to figure out a more permanent solution.
This goes for investing as well.
Problem is figuring out how to preserve your savings and beat inflation. Money printer keeps printing, hard assets get more expensive, salaries remain fairly stable.
Quick fix is to try and day trade or leverage up investments to make up for the gap in assets and salaries.
More permanent solution is figuring out why the system works the way it does, what benefits the most, and then figure out how to get on that bandwagon.
I think you know what the answer is ;-)
