Magic Lamp Efficiency

[TheGreatErenan]

I am silly, and therefore I sometimes ponder what the best use of three wishes would be if you happened to find a magic lamp with a genie inside.

For instance, what if your wishes were:

1. I wish to know the absolute most useful way that I could spend two wishes.
2. [Use this wish according to the knowledge you gain from wish #1]
3. [Use this wish according to the knowledge you gain from wish #1]
   

But what if the potential usefulness of three wishes so significantly outweighs the usefulness of two wishes that I am shortchanging myself by doing this? I need to figure this out just in case I find a genie some day.

What are your thoughts?