Ostensibly some advice about how to get good advice about houseplants, but actually advice about how to ask questions in a domain of applied practice:
dirtwise.substack.com/p/why-is-house
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Imagine if you applied this to, say, personal knowledge management, or marketing:
1. Ask about a specific problem that you have.
2. Give context about the output that you're going for.
3. Demand answers from experience so you can gauge the credibility of the person giving it.
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Agree with the premise of the post. However, re: framing of question, I can't help but wonder — when people ask for advice, are they asking because they [truly] want to solve the problem or because they want to outsource the problem solving to another person?
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It's astonishing how bad people are at asking for help. In my courses I teach people how to ask for help, and even then I get emails like "X is not working, please help" and nothing more. Dude, can I see what's on your screen right now?!
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