3 simple rules

These “rules” are inherently false. Putting asides that an absolute will almost always be incorrect, and at the very least not provable in a practical way- often times asking for what you want isn’t the way to get a yes. Chasing the thing you want can often get you farther from it- and that is assuming the thing you think you want is actually the thing you truly want; and even if you do not make a step, the world continues to move, so you won’t likely be in the same metaphorical place regardless. Knowledge is knowing HOW to control a vessel, wisdom is knowing when to hold a course, or change, or even do nothing- sometimes nothing is the only intelligent thing we can do.