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My Weekly Credo

Posted in Credos on July 25th, 2008

The more fascinating I find a topic, the more I assume the person I’m discussing it with could care less.

My Weekly Credo

Posted in Business, Credos, Culture, Politics on June 29th, 2008

Bureaucracy is the most practical cure for irreconcilable differences.

My Weekly Credo: Ruin vs. replacement

Posted in Art, Credos, Culture on June 19th, 2008

For buildings and cities, poverty and neglect can be better preservatives than loving care.

My Weekly Credo

Posted in Credos on May 19th, 2008

But the surest way to make something disappear is to start looking for it.

My Weekly Credo: Storage is death

Posted in Credos on May 11th, 2008

If you actually want to make use of an object, you have to keep it visible.

My Weekly Credo:
It’s only work department

Posted in Business, Credos on May 4th, 2008

You do not owe the company any share of your peace of mind.

My Weekly Credo:
Dad’s one bit of life advice

Posted in Business, Credos, Culture on April 27th, 2008

If someone insists on picking up the check, let them. Do not argue.

My Weekly Credo

Posted in Business, Credos, Culture on April 20th, 2008

Even prompt people arrive late if they value their own time.

My Weekly Credo:
Why things don’t work

Posted in Business, Credos, Politics on April 13th, 2008

Incompetence trumps intention.

My Weekly Credo

Posted in Credos, Culture on April 7th, 2008

Intelligence is no impediment to the embrace of folly.



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