Goldman’s Laws of the Universe

Life:

Embrace the grey.
If you don’t come to grips with reality, eventually reality will come to grips with you.
There's always a bigger boat.
There's a fine line between generous and schmuck.
Garlic is not a spice; It's a vegetable.
Even in Hell one can do great things.
The Goldman Horizontal Surface Theorem: Things will accumulate on horizontal surfaces until they are no longer horizontal. (This especially applies to desks.)

Every employee wants an employee.
If you build a better mousetrap, the world will NOT beat a path to your door.
Always bend over backwards for the customer. Just don't bend over forwards.
The best salespeople believe their own bullshit.
Sales projections: The process of adding up all the little lies to make one big lie.
Many people like the job title more than the job description.
If you buy a ticket for the rollercoaster, don't complain when you get sick to your stomach.
Treat your co-workers well. Sooner or later they will be your boss, employee, vendor, or customer.
There's a difference between development and exploitation.
Change = Opportunity

Any system will be gamed.
The more complex a system is, the more ways there are to game it.
Legislation lags technology.
The faster technology changes, the more the legislation to control that technology lags the technology.

In a democracy you get the government you deserve.
Any good idea will be taken too far.
Most laws are created to restrict people from taking advantage of other people.
Since laws restrict people, there is always resistance to the creation of new laws.

Anything that can happen will happen in a big enough universe ... and we've got a pretty big one.
There is no guarantee that reality is completely observable. God does not owe physicists a living.
God created dimensions. Man created coordinate systems.
The rarest form of matter is conscience matter. Be thankful that you are such a rare gem in the vast universe.

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