Picard management tip: Improve your vocabulary by reading books. Words can be your most powerful tools.

Picard morality tip: If one side of a conflict preaches purity of bloodline above communal benefit for all, join the other side.

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Picard management tip: Defend your crew members, even against each other.

Picard management tip: Your sense of morality is the guiding light that people under your command will follow.

Picard dating tip: If reality gets altered, leaving you alone with your crush, it doesn't necessarily mean it's time to make your move.

Picard management tip: If you're on red alert every day, then red alert means nothing.

Picard management tip: Listen.

Picard management tip: If you don't know what the hell you're doing, fake it until you do.

Picard management tip: Exercise makes you smarter. Don't just sit there thinking. Get up.

Picard management tip: As soon as you find out that a person is truly toxic, get them the hell off your ship.

Picard emergency tip: When all else fails, route main power through the main deflector dish.

Picard strategy tip: The enemy of my enemy is sometimes a dangerous sociopath.

Picard management tip: Give your experts time for unstructured play. It makes them more creative.

Picard management tip: Do your best to learn about and comprehend the experiences of people who look very different from you.

Picard management tip: Treat your crew like adults. They aren't children… except the college intern.

Picard management tip: Your past successes are not assurances for the future. Remain vigilant against complacency.

Picard management tip: Admit ignorance and ask a question rather than blunder forward out of pride.

Picard management tip: Gain a realistic understanding of what your ship can and cannot do.

Picard diplomacy tip: Peace begins with the choice to reject your own anger.

Picard management tip: Keep up with new technologies. Today you get a holodeck, but tomorrow could bring a holographic doctor.

Picard responsibility tip: Don't leave known, wide-scale problems behind for the next generation to solve.

Picard management tip: Used sparingly, some light swearing can help emphasize your damn point.

Picard management tip: If your crew is afraid to talk to you, they won't always give you the information you need. Be approachable.

Picard management tip: Don't try to go at maximum speed all the time. You'll burn out your engines.

Picard exploration tip: Our galaxy has over eight billion habitable planets. Get to work.

Picard management tip: Certain crew members are like walking encyclopedias. Remember to ask for their input.

Picard management tip: The crew needs to see you calm. If you're frustrated, complain to a confidant in private, then make a decision.

Picard management tip: When you make a mistake, apologize right away. Embrace humility over defense.

Picard science tip: The universal translator is not the end of linguistics. The replicator is not the end of chemistry. Keep going.

Picard management tip: Give orders that make sense.

Picard management tip: Certain crew members are like walking encyclopedias. Remember to ask for their input.

Picard diplomacy tip: The greatest threat to lasting mutual respect is egocentrism. It may never leave you, but resist it at every turn.

Picard management tip: Don't let a crew member's age blind you to their skill level, in either direction.

Picard management tip: Fight for what you know is right. Only arrogant bullies think resistance is futile.

Picard management tip: Don't let upper management dismantle your team, nor your team members.

Picard investigation tip: Magnify.

Picard management tip: Hone your inner bullshit detector.

Picard mental health tip: When you lie down to sleep, instead of thinking about your failures, think about your successes.

Picard management tip: Study history. The answers are there.

Picard management tip: Say yes whenever possible, except when your tactical officer recommends attacking.

Picard management tip: Know your audience. Display strength to Klingons, logic to Vulcans, and opportunity to Ferengi.

Picard management tip: Get your own damn work done. Others will follow suit.

Picard crisis tip: Even when the situation seems daunting, don't give up your determination to win the day. It's not over till it's over.

Picard management tip: Have an opinion on one side of an issue. Stay out of the neutral zone.

Picard management tip: Ensure chocolate is available.

Picard safety tip: Antimatter is not a toy.

Picard management tip: In a strange new environment, be wary of making changes until you understand more about what's going on.

Picard ethics tip: The fact that a conflict has many sides does not imply that every side has merit.

Picard strategy tip: Don't assume your opponent will behave rationally. Plan for their emotional response.