RULE 105
Take responsibility before you take advice
This is a follow-on from the previous Rule. If you are going to take advice you need to know in advance:
- what you expect to get
- why you are asking
- your exact position – if you don’t know, how can they advise you of anything?
- what you want to happen next
- what role they will play in that
- what action you can take if their advice is wrong/out of date/ harmful
- what further advice you might need.
And before you can do any of these you need to take responsibility.
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