...

This Is A Tool

This is a tool.

A tool should have rules. When to use the tool. Why to use the tool. Why this tool and not another tool. When to put it away. How to use the tool safely.

A tool should be used intentionally. To perform one or more specific tasks. Take the tool. Use the tool for the task. Put the tool away. It should be stored safely and out of the way when not in use.

A tool should be used only in specific cases and environments where it is required for the task. Using the tool outside of these cases and environments is detrimental, potentially hazardous depending on circumstance, and should be avoided.

If one approaches the tool with such intention, attention, and focus the tool should not have to be locked in a secure location or its usage otherwise impeded. One can and should be trusted to use the tool when and where appropriate.

If the tool is used in a time, place, or method that is inappropriate, this is not the fault of the tool. This means further training is required for the user in proper use of the tool. Removing or impeding the use of the tool provides no such training. Only further education and instruction in use of the tool will.

If there are add-ons or functions of the tool that are meant to modify the tool in such a way as to be a distraction from the goals in using it, remove those add-ons or functions. Those features are not serving the goal of making the tool more useful. They are making the tool less so. They should be removed without prejudice.

If one follows these guidelines in using this or any tool, the tool will add value to our work and, thus, our life.