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5 Questions I Ask Before I Bend a Rule

When red tape feels like handcuffs I check my map and pick my moment

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Jimmy Malhan
Apr 24, 2025
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👋 Hey it is Jimmy. One afternoon I watched our team stall for 2 full days just to swap a homepage logo. Meanwhile a customer-facing bug raged in production. We needed action not approval. That moment flipped something for me. Since then whenever the rulebook slows me down I run these 5 questions in my head before I rewrite the rules

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