figures out doing something

English translation: works out how to do something

09:19 Jul 12, 2012

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Art/Literary - Esoteric practices

English term or phrase: figures out doing something

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By attending to each day's work properly you develop the capacity to do a greater work tomorrow. It is this gradual development that makes possible the carrying out of big plans. The man that figures out doing something each hour of the day gets somewhere. At the end of each day you should be a step nearer your aim. Keep the idea in mind, that you mean to go forward, that each day must mark an advance and forward you will go. You do not even have to know the exact direction so long as you are determined to find the way. But you must not turn back once you have started

Does "the man that figures out doing something" simply mean "the man that does something"?

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Selected answer:works out how to do something

Explanation:
Quite honestly, this is a very poor piece of writing, as is much self-help pep talk. If "you do not even have to know the exact direction", then it is hard to know whether you are "a step nearer your aim" or which direction is "forward".

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Local time: 16:55

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works out how to do something

B D Finch
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Local time: 16:55
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Thank you, B D Finch.

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