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Pay close attention to guilty words like: just, always, never, everything, nothing, all, none, very, actually. They are an alarm that indicates you are going to an extreme to justify a position.

If what you say is evidently true, you wouldn't feel the need to try hard to qualify it.



Interesting that you pick up on those words, as I have noticed that whenever my team leader asks me for "just a small change", it usually means he hasn't bothered to think it through properly, and it will involve a lot more thinking or work or maintenance in the long run than he imagines.


Isn't this kinda related to "Black and White Thinking" / "All or Nothing Thinking"?




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