Subject: Murphy’s Laws (Page 19)

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1. To get action out of management, it is necessary to create the illusion of a crisis in the hope it will be acted upon. 2. Management will select actions or events and convert them to crises. It will then over-react. 3. Management is incapable of recognizing a true crisis.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence.

Murphy’s Laws

Liars get caught by the tale.

Characteristics Honesty Lies Murphy’s Laws

There are those who don't even like to be rubbed the right way.

Murphy’s Laws People

There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by brute strength and ignorance.

Murphy’s Laws

Only someone who understands something absolutely can explain it so no one else can understand it.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Understanding

Murphy’s Law was not propounded by Murphy, but by another man of the same name.

Murphy’s Laws People

The leak in the roof is never in the same location as the drip.

Murphy’s Laws Problems

People who eat natural foods will die of natural causes.

Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

There is nothing more permanent than a temporary tax.

Murphy’s Laws Taxes Time

If the law-makers make a compromise, the place where it will be felt most is the taxpayer’s pocket.

Money Murphy’s Laws Politicians

A bird in the hand is dead.

Animals Death Murphy’s Laws

The successful pundit is provided more opportunities to say things than he has things worth saying.

Murphy’s Laws

When putting things back together again, there will always be at least one piece left over that will not fit anywhere.

Murphy’s Laws Things

Anything may be divided into as many parts as you please.

Murphy’s Laws

1. No matter what they're telling you, they're not telling you the whole truth. 2. No matter what they're talking about, they're talking about money.

Characteristics Honesty Lies Money Murphy’s Laws Truth

1. A rolling stone gathers momentum.
2. Progress is nondirectional.

Murphy’s Laws

What some people lack in intelligence, they more than make up for stupidity.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws

Random events tend to occur in groups.

Murphy’s Laws

When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.

Eating Food/Drink Murphy’s Laws

Any product cut to length will be too short.

Murphy’s Laws Things