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We hate to have some people give us advice because we know how badly they need it themselves.
Laurence J. Peter
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Laurence J. Peter
Age: 70 †
Born: 1919
Born: September 16
Died: 1990
Died: January 12
Psychologist
Teacher
Vancouver
British Columbia
Laurence Johnston Peter
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In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.
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Don't worry about middle age: you'll outgrow it.
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In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
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Incompetence plus incompetence equals incompetence.
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You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
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