"First law of Bad Management: If something isn't working, do more of it."

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Source : Tom DeMarco (2001). “Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency”, p.95, Crown Business

Tom DeMarco

#Law Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Management Quotes

“Writing novels is where I'm most comfortable. It's a very intimate experience.”
“There is always a fear that iâ€™ll be in Europe somewhere, and this little blue-eyed kid would come over to me with his mom and go, â€œdada, dadaâ€.”
“I believe you can have a much better life if you are true to your core self, and therefore guided by love and intuitive inner knowing.”
“Feel no guilt. Getting married and giving birth does not mean that you have sold your life away to perfectly healthy people who can get their own damn socks.”
“It's really important to do everything that you possibly can to stay true to yourself.”
“If she cries, I want to wear pants for a week," I offered. "Done," Maxon said. "And if she doesn't, you owe me a walk around the grounds tomorrow afternoon." "You drive a hard bargain, sir, but I accept.”
“We must feel toward our people as a father toward his children; yea, the most tender love of a mother must not surpass ours. We must even travail in birth, till Christ be formed in them. They should see that we care for no outward thing, neither liberty, nor honor, nor life, in comparison to their salvation... When the people see that you truly love them, they will hear anything from you...Oh therefore, see that you feel a tender love for your people in your hearts, and let them perceive it in your speech and conduct. Let them see that you spend and are spent for their sakes.”
“It's really hard to think of one kind of magic as a favorite. I've been really fortunate in that I've been able to perform such a diverse range of things.”

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