https://teezhiyao.com/tags/principles/Recent content in Principles on Tee Zhi YaoHugo -- gohugo.ioenThu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://teezhiyao.com/posts/guiding-principles/Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://teezhiyao.com/posts/guiding-principles/<p>Beliefs and principles developed over time that guide how I approach work, learning, and life.</p> <hr> <h2 id="when-you-fail-to-plan-you-plan-to-fail">When you fail to plan, you plan to fail</h2> <p>This is the principle I lean on most — across work, studies, and life. The idea is simple: a little forethought goes a long way in avoiding avoidable failure.</p> <p>At work, I see the consequences of insufficient planning regularly. Being in QA means I&rsquo;m most often towards the end of the product or development cycle, making the ripple effects of poor planning particularly visible — edge cases missed, environments not ready, dependencies overlooked. This isn&rsquo;t specific to QA; it&rsquo;s an observation about work projects in general. But from where I sit, those gaps are harder to ignore.</p>