If you want something done, just ask a busy person. Paula Egan Wright’s busy, but no asking’s required. When she sees things that need to be done, she does them. If she doesn’t know how, she learns.

According to Merriam-Webster, a truism is an “undoubted or self-evident truth” or something “too obvious for mention,” so it needn’t be said. Maybe, but one truism worth talking about is this one: “If ...