true progress is achieved through moving forward to a bette… - Laurence J. Peter

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true progress is achieved through moving forward to a better way of life, rather than upward to total life incompetence.

Laurence J. Peter

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Laurence Johnston Peter (16 September 1919 – 12 January 1990) was a Canadian educator and management theorist, most famous for having formulated the Peter Principle.

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Dr. Peter observed that one reason so many employees are incompetent is that the skills required to get a job often have nothing to do with what is required to do the job itself. The skills required to run a great political campaign have little to do with the skills required to govern.

My problem is I say what I'm thinking before I think what I'm saying.

Two things reduce prejudice: education and laughter.

true progress is achieved through moving forward to a better way of life, rather than upward to total life incompetence. - Laurence J. Peter

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