(by PJ unless otherwise noted)
Plan, but act.
Always watch the exits.
"It's the friends that you can call
up at 4am that matter." - Marlene Dietrich
On a things-to-do list, address the most
dangerous item first.
It's a shrinking world; we're all on stage.
"Just what you want to be, you will be in the end." - Justin Hayward
You
aren't what you say you are. You are what you know, what you do, where you've been, what you've produced.
If someone refuses to treat you as an equal, they ask to be treated as an inferior.
"One
must have favorites in everything." - Ayn Rand
Believe only those from whom you've
seen results.
At the end of the day, ask what has improved.
"Humanity has won its battle. Liberty has a country." - Marquis de Lafayette
Who
do you think you are? Sometimes it's who you know the other guy isn't.
Success
involves discovering what to ignore.
"If you want to catch more fish, use more hooks."
- George Allen
Space itself is a luxury; it costs something to have.
Some victories appear to have been single events when in fact they resulted from behavior over time.
"All Mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable and those who move."
- Benjamin Franklin
The first problem with know-it-alls is that they don't.
The second problem with know-it-alls is that they cripple their own ability to act.
"Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." - Barry Goldwater
The
right kind of pain reduces the wrong kind of pain.
(I'm particularly proud of that one.)
"Life's highway is covered with flat squirrels that couldn't make up their minds." - unknown
The meeting starts before the meeting starts.
Either one's will
is a constant or it doesn't qualify as such.
"Don't be afraid to give up the good
for the great." - John D. Rockefeller
Know one's own worth at all costs.
Become the sort of person you wish to attract.
"You can never bail
someone out of trouble without putting someone else into trouble." - economist Arthur Laffer
If failure produces information, you have not been defeated.
Failure
isn't the lack of success; it's simply the lack of immediate success.
"In this
business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all
the time, you're gone." - Bill Gates
Commerce contributes to peace.
"What are you doing?" is an important question. "What have you finished?" is a
more important one.
"A surprising number of government committees will make important
decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give to buying a suit." - Herman
Kahn
Evil can imply intelligence where incompetence would not. Therefore, incompetence
can be more dangerous than evil.
Stop "knowing" what's not possible.
"I start from the joke line and write backward." - Nipsey Russell
Guys: remember that women are people, too.
In
debate, offer a clear alternative and argue without insult.
"It is better to be
hated for what you are than loved for what you are not." - Andre Gide
Many will
say that they always knew you could... after you did.
If greater than fifty
percent of what comes out of someone's mouth is negative, stay away.
"Plurality
is not to be posited without necessity." - William of Ockham
Opponents sometimes
must be opposed openly, but surprise can make that unnessecary.
Just because
you complain doesn't mean you have high standards.
"An infallible method of conciliating
a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured." - Konrad Adenauer
If you deal with
someone who's always right, you'll never be.
Inaction can speak louder than action.
"It ain't what they call you. It's what you answer to." - W.C. Fields
Beware of whoever obtains information from you and then claims to have already known it.
Invective and insult won't work on the committed opponent but salesmanship and consideration may work on the bystanders
listening.
"The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see." -
Winston Churchill
Scott McNealy said that the network is the computer.
I say that the network is the vulnerability.
Jamison's Law of Identity:
One cannot be Marilyn Monroe and Richard Nixon at the same time and in the same respect.
"Elegance
is refusal." - Coco Chanel
There is no boss in a friendship.
From time there is no forgiveness.
No one can pass through life any more than he can
pass through a bit of country without leaving tracks behind, and those tracks may often be helpful to those coming after him
in finding their way. - Robert Baden-Powell
Jamison's Law of Economics: There is no amount
of money that a single person would ever control so large that it can't be wasted in a short amount of time.
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4/2009