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Monday, 26 April 2010

The key to failure

Posted on 05:55 by Unknown
Bill Cosby said it best: "I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."

Be it your current job, your career, information security, IT, whatever - you cannot forget this sage advice.
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