Everything I Need to Know, I Learned in Corporate America. 31 Items posted to a LISTSERV by Gregory Singleton 1. Indecision is the key to flexibility. 2. You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the track. 3. There is absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation. 4. Happiness is merely the remission of pain. 5. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. 6. Sometimes too much to drink is not enough. 7. The facts, although interesting, are irrelevant. 8. The careful application of terror is also a form of communication. 9. Someone who thinks logically is a nice contrast to the real world. 10. Things are more like they are today than they ever were before. 11. Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for. 12. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. 13. Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. 14. I have seen the truth and it makes no sense. 15. Suicide is the most sincere form of self-criticism. 16. If you think there is good in everybody, you haven't met everybody. 17. All things being equal, fat people use more soap. 18. If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame. 19. One seventh of your life is spent on Monday. 20. By the time you make ends meet, they move the ends. THOUGHTS TO GET YOU THROUGH ANY CRISIS 1. Indecision is the key to flexibility. 2. There is always one more SOB than you counted on. 3. You can't tell what way the train went by looking at the tracks. 4. There's absolutely no substitute for a genuine lack of preparation. 5. Happiness is merely the remission of pain. 6. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. 7. Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough 8. The facts, although they may be interesting, are irrelevant. 9. The careful application of terror is also a form of communication. 10. Someone who thinks logically provides a nice contrast in the real world. 11. Things are more like they are today than they ever were before. 12. Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for. 13. Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. 14. Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. 15. I have seen the truth and it makes no sense. 16. Suicide is the sincerest form of self criticism. 17. This is probably as bad as it can get, but don't count on it. 18. If you think that there is good in everyone, you haven't met everyone. 19. All other things being equal, fat people use more soap. 20. If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame. 21. One seventh of your life is spent on Mondays. 22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends. 23. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. 24. The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets. and the recent motto of the Applied Sciences Branch: Take Advantage of the Confusion