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PLANNING A KITCHEN
Plan about 12 square feet of cupboard space for glassware and china and an additional 6 square feet per family member for general storage.
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HAVING A RELATIONSHIP
The person who has the "Issues" contols the relationship
Dave Agresti, Prof Criminology (retired), Tampa, Florida, United States
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GOOD EDUCATION AND MORAL STANDARDS
Good _____ does not mean high moral standards.
Andrius, Kaunas
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THE ELEGANT ANSWER IS BEST
For many problems, there is a simplistic answer that does not cover the contingencies; there is a complex answer that covers the contingencies at a high cost, and there is the elegant answer that covers the contingencies in a way that is . That answer is often a thing of beauty and elicits a feeling of awe.
Sid Johnson, Mental Health Counselor and IT Director, Arlington, TN, USA
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THE OPTIMAL CURVE
In many instances, adding more of X increases Y to a point, at which point further increases in X cause Y to level off. Consider challenge as X and Productivity as Y. Or the number of people on a project as X, and time to completion as Y. Interestingly, the same level of Y can be achieved with too little X, or too much X. <
Sid Johnson, Mental Health Counselor and IT Director, Arlington, TN, USA
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A PARENT'S JOB
A good parent transfers responsibility for being an intelligent, , social human being to their child at a linear rate from birth to the time they leave home.
Sid Johnson, Mental Health Counselor and IT Director, Arlington, TN, USA
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EVALUATING OTHERS FOR RELATIONSHIP
Remember the word OCEAN. Open, Conscientious, Extravert, Agreeable, and Neurotic. These are the named factors in the Five Factor Model of personality. These, and their _____, will tell you a lot about what to expect from a person in the future.
Sid Johnson, Mental Health Counselor and IT Director, Arlington, TN, USA
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HIRING CRITERIA
Hire people who are smart, work hard, and play well with others. You can teach them anything else that's missing.
Sid Johnson, Mental Health Counselor and IT Director, Arlington, TN, USA
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PERSUADING OTHERS
If no one is disagreeing with you, your argument isn’t reaching enough people.
Matthew Butterick, writer
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