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Low Hanging Snark

24 Jan 2007 in General by Garrick

“An inexperienced picker would pick the low-hanging fruit first” - Albert Pell quoted in Fast Company

In the instances where I’ve heard the phrase ‘low-hanging fruit’ the above is true. Rarely does picking the easy stuff solve anything than checking something off a list. The real important, long-term actions take the commitment of getting a ladder.

Or making the tree shorter.

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