Ruminations on work

Ruminations on work.
I came upon this list via what else... e-mail. Anyway, it struck me as amusing but way too short. I’ve added a few of my own, but please help me expand the list with more work-related ruminations (your own or acquired elsewhere).

The first 90% of a project takes 90% of your time; the last 10% takes the other 90% of your time.
If you can’t get your work done in 24 hours, work nights.
If it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.
Getting the job done is no excuse for not continuing to work.
No matter how much you do, you never do enough.
If you can’t work hard, at least work smart, and vice versa.
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is an empty desk the sign of?
He’s not lazy. He’s motivationally challenged.
Why is there never enough time to do the job right the first time, but always time to redo it the right way?
The 80–20 rule: 80 percent of the people do 20 percent of the work.

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