Wisdom by Wolf
7 pieces of wisdom
“It isn't that things will necessarily go wrong (Murphy's Law), but rather that they will take so much more time and effort than you think if they are not to go wrong.”
“Major actions are rarely decided by more than four people. If you think a larger meeting you're attending is really 'hammering out' a decision, you're probably wrong. Either the decision was agreed to by a smaller group before the meeting began, or the outcome of the larger meeting will be modified later when three or four people get together.”
“Those who don't study the past will repeat its errors. Those who do study it will find other ways to err.”
“The tasks to do immediately are the minor ones; otherwise, you'll forget them. The major ones are often better to defer. They usually need more time for reflection. Besides, if you forget them, they'll remind you.”
“The only important result of a meeting is agreement about next steps.”
“A good place to start from is where you are.”
“If you can't beat them, have them join you.”