The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Barry satirizes the frustration of buying raw lumber by suggesting the only convenient option is to buy finished furniture instead.
- In plain terms
- Buying lumber is so hard you might as well just buy furniture.
- What can you take from it?
- Sometimes the best solution is to skip the difficult step entirely.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What tasks do you avoid because they are too complex?
- How do marketers simplify complex products?
Another view
It ignores the needs of people who actually want to build things.
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