Action should always be informed by pragmatism – otherwise it is self-indulgent waste.
In acting we select a tool and apply it. The tool has to be right for the job.
Experience may tell us a tool will work, or we may “test the fit” to the job.
In either case we must be open to rethinking our action in the light of outcomes.
The tool does not justify the action – it is only a tool!
