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Managing by Maxims&

By

Peter de Jager

Epigrams

Heraclitus? – 501 BCE

Change is theOnly constant

John Keats on Proverbs

A proverbis no proverb to you‘til life has illustrated it

Nothing is Simple

Shannon`s Law

Murphy’s Law

If anything can go wrong…It will go wrong

Tolkien’s Reminder

It does not do to leave a Live dragonout of your Calculations… If you live near him

At least 1,290,000,000 People

We never have time to do it rightWe always have time to do it over

Daugherty`s Law

Temporary thingsTend to become

Daugherty`s Law

Temporary thingsTend to become

Permanent

De Jager`s Law of Problems

Never accept the user`s problem definition At face value…

Hildebrant’s Plotting Principle

If we don’t knowwhere we’re going?Any road will get us there.

Tatman`s Assumption

Always assumethat your AssumptionIs Invalid

Cooks Theorem

If you can`t solvea problem ForwardIt can usually beSolved Backward

de Jager’s Challenge

Good problem solversavoid more problemsthan they solve

de Jager`s Optimism

Being pushed to the wall… Gives us the momentumwe need To get over it.

William Somerset Maugham

Only a mediocreperson is alwaysat their Best.

Robert A Heinlein - Lazarus

Always Cutthe cards

Bulin’s Advice

If a thing isworth doing,

It’s worth doing well

We CAN edit them…If a thing is NOTworth doing,

It’s NOT worth doing well If at all

Scottish Proverb

What may be done at AnytimeWill be done at no Time

Robert A HeinleinProgress is madeby Lazy menLooking for easier waysto do things

Clay’s Conclusion

Creativity Is Great

PlagiarismIs Faster

Elbert Hubbard

To escape criticism Do nothing Say nothing Be nothing

Heinberg’s Change Rule

You can’t do just one Thing

Upward Mobility Rule

Don’t be irreplaceableIf you can’t be replacedYou can’t be promoted

Woodruff’s Work RuleEverybodyWorksFor

The Sales department

Summary?

Why don’t we do

What we knowshould be done?

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