Wisdom by Peter
14 pieces of wisdom
“In every hierarchy, whether it be government or business, each employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence; every post tends to be filled by an employee incompetent to execute its duties.”
“Incompetence knows no barriers of time or place.”
“Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.”
“If at first you don't succeed, try something else.”
“Internal consistency is valued more highly than efficiency.”
“Competence always contains the seed of incompetence.”
“Look after the molehills and the mountains will look after themselves.”
“Super-competence is more objectionable than incompetence.”
“Employees in a hierarchy do not really object to incompetence in their colleagues.”
“Each of us is a mixture of good qualities and some (perhaps) not-so-good qualities. In considering our fellow people we should remember their good qualities and realize that their faults only prove that they are, after all, human. We should refrain from making harsh judgments of people just because they happen to be dirty, rotten, no-good sons-of-bitches.”
“An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance.”
“Spend sufficient time in confirming the need and the need will disappear.”
“Create the impression that you have already reached your level of incompetence.”
“Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence.”