WORKING UNDER PRESSURE
Brooks’ Law
Adding people to a late project makes it later.
Murphy’s Law of Thermodynamics
Things get worse under pressure.
Bove’s theorem
The remaining work increases as the deadline approaches.
Meskimen’s Law
There is never enough time to do it right, but time can always be found to do it all again. Read more
Whose fault?
Petronius, Proconsul of Bithynia (beside the Black Sea
'Turning up'
‘I'm a great believer in turning up still. No forgiving yourself because you are tired. I try to get there before 10, not too early. On those magical writing days you forget you exist and you surface an hour later and you have 400 words you were not expecting to write. But turning up is certainly the first condition. Work until lunchtime, listen to World at One, have a sandwich. Walk the dog. Read more