If your house is burning, wouldn't you try and put out the fire?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Khan uses a rhetorical question to justify urgent action when faced with a crisis.
- In plain terms
- You would put out a fire in your house, so you should act when crises happen.
- What can you take from it?
- Urgent situations demand immediate action.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is urgency appropriate?
- What motivates immediate action?
Another view
Not all crises are simple to fix or require the same urgency.
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