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Observe the Practice: When adapting smart practices for other sites, it is important to identify the core essence of the practice while allowing flexibility for how it is implemented so it remains sensitive to local conditions. Robust smart practices are adaptable to various conditions, have various operational features, and can employ similar but diverse ways to achieve their goals.

Back to the Eightfold Path: Excessive optimism about the expected impact of untested smart practices is a common critique. However, if a current practice is known to be ineffective, implementing a promising alternative after weighing the alternatives may be worth the risk.