She brought to mind all the steps she took to accomplish that success (outlining her key achievements, doing research about what others at her level are earning, assessing the obstacles to her getting more money, becoming clearer about the value she brought to the table, etc.).

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However, until Fred Hoyle applied his mind to the question it looked as though many of the intermediate steps might be too unstable to account for the quantities of those elements that are observed.

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Injecting a fresh idea before the mind has a chance to snap shut is the whole purpose of the steps above.

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Emerging into the terminal is usually straightforward, though recently in Rwanda I was asked, with a winning smile, if I wouldn't mind waiting outside under an acacia tree while they stamped my passport as there were too many steps up into the terminal.

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It is also about doing the job more efficiently, for example when looking for needles of evidence in a haystack of documents: rather than relying on a single brilliant mind, Novus Law deploys teams of lawyers using technology and a process involving hundreds of small steps.

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