Well, you can't make no butter with a toothpick...
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- You cannot achieve a significant or valuable result using a tool that is completely unsuited for the task.
- In plain terms
- Wrong tools get no results.
- What can you take from it?
- Choose the right instrument for the job.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What tool are you using right now?
- Is this the best way to solve this?
Another view
Sometimes unconventional methods can succeed where standard ones fail.
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