Being a people-pleaser just so people will like you or accept you. Just as weak: making choices or decisions solely to please others, without making your own choice clear.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
The inability to read and understand simple rules and instructions.
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That isn't necessarily indicative of weakness on the
reader's part; it may well simply indicate weakness on the
writer's part: for failure to ensure the directions are unambiguous, clear, don't omit any necessary information, and anticipate what questions may arise from the instructions themselves.
There are plenty of intelligent people who can make no sense whatsoever of a technical manual or a list of instructions simply because the writer did a careless, half-assed job of writing it. Excellent technical writing and editing are learned skills. The first lesson is: just because it's clear to the writer doesn't mean it's equally clear to the reader.