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All too many consultants, when asked, 'What is 2 and 2?' respond, 'What do you have in mind?'

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Norman Ralph Augustine
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: July 27
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Denver
Colorado
Norman R. Augustine
Norman Augustine
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Law Number XXIX: Executives who do not produce successful results hold on to their jobs only about five years. Those who produce effective results hang on about half a decade.
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Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
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Law Number XXXII: Hiring consultants to conduct studies can be an excellent means of turning problems into gold, your problems into their gold.
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Hardware works best when it matters the least.
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If you can afford to advertise, you don't need to.
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For every scientific (or engineering) action, there is an equal and opposite social reaction.
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Simply stated, it is sagacious to eschew obfuscation.
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Too often technology is perceived as the problem rather than the solution as something to be avoided rather than embraced. This is about as logical as my daughter's observing, while our family was driving through an unfamiliar city, Trying to read a map while driving causes all the traffic lights to turn green.
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Law Number XIV: After the year 2015, there will be no airplane crashes. There will be no takeoffs either, because electronics will occupy 100 percent of every airplane's weight.
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Regulations grow at the same rate as weeds.
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People working in the private sector should try to save money. There remains the possibility that it may someday be valuable again.
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
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Law Number IX: Acronyms and abbreviations should be used to the maximum extent possible to make trivial ideas profound ... Q.E.D.
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Two-thirds of the Earth's surface is covered with water. The other third is covered with auditors from headquarters.
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Simple systems are not feasible because they require infinite testing.
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Law Number XXXIX: Never promise to complete any project within six months of the end of the year, in either direction.
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A billion saved is a billion earned.
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