The three most important things are ...

In My Humble Opinion
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Genealogy:

  1. Interviewing relatives.
  2. Citing sources.
  3. Persistence.
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My job: (Sales)
Calm down, slow down, listen.

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If you go by Ian Dury and The Blockheads:
Sex and drugs and rock and roll
Is all my brain and body need
Sex and drugs and rock and roll
Are very good indeed

That’s what I get for remembering too much punk music.

Wine, women, and song would be the triad espoused by Sinatra, et. al. :wink:

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To succeed in poetry:

  1. Read more poetry.
  2. No, seriously. Read more poetry.
  3. I’m not reading the latest thing you’ve written until you READ MORE POETRY.
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To succeed in teaching:

  1. You’re not their friend; you’re their teacher.
  2. Know thy administrator (Friend/foe? Involved/hands-off? Supportive/throw you under the bus?), and adjust accordingly.
  3. Get the parents on your side–involve them and make them part of the team instead of potential adversaries.
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In engineering, the three most important things are accuracy, accuracy, accuracy, and accuracy.

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Sex, sex, sex?

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  1. Fear
  2. Surprise
  3. Ruthless efficieny
  4. An almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.

Damn!

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In law: honesty, research, and a bloody-minded willingness to tear your own arguments to shreds before the other guy can do it for you.

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Gaudere, Godwin, and Cecil. :smiley:

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In tech writing, it’s “clarity, clarity, clarity”.

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Grover Cleveland was once endorsed by a newspaper for three reasons:

  1. He is honest.
  2. He is honest.
  3. He is honest.

My Legislation prof in law school said there are three important things to remember in statutory interpretation:

  1. Read the statute.
  2. Read the statute.
  3. Read the statute.

For my work as a magistrate, the three most important things IMHO are:

  1. Justice
  2. Courtesy
  3. Efficiency
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Key to success as a writer (from Robert A. Heinlein, condensed)

  1. You must write.
  2. You must finish what you write.
  3. You must put your story on the market until it sells.
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Poker :

Patience, Patience, Patience

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And all this time I thought it was, “airway, airway, airway!” :wink:

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Happiness:

  • Loose shoes.
  • Tight pussy.
  • A warm place to shit.
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In my field (IT), if I may hazard a guess,

Reboot
Update
Paranoia

A large percentage of problems are cured by rebooting. Update security, antivirus. Be paranoid about links and email attachments

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Earl Butz, Gerald Ford’s Secretary of Agriculture, was forced out of the Cabinet in 1976 when he said this is what black voters want. As it happens, he died just two days ago.

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Or:

Plan
Do
Check

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  1. Lather
  2. Rinse
  3. Repeat