Wise Words

A few wise words, quotes and thoughts

Leadership	“Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something that you are convinced should be done."    Vance Packard
Planning	"The five Ps":   Perfect planning prevents poor performance Planning is an unnatural process, doing something is much more fun! There is such a thing as an unrealistic timescale
Projects	The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time …the last 10% takes the other 90% A project gets a year late one day at a time You can con a sucker into committing to an impossible deadline, but you cannot con him into meeting it Monitoring without controlling will guarantee failure
Negotiation	“When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one third of my time thinking about what I am going to say and two thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.”    Abraham Lincoln
Risk	A little risk management saves a lot of fan cleaning later If you don't attack the risks, the risks will attack you