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As an observation in famous Murphy 's laws says "Everything takes longer than you think . Although humorous in origin , this law is absolutely realistic in essence . Indeed , this is almost a law that many projects we plan - both in our professional and everyday lives - are destined to take longer time to develop than originally expected

The reason for this is as clear as it is unavoidable - in our modern world we rarely rely only on ourselves but in most cases are involved in collective endeavors . In this situation we lose our autonomy and

, still worse , begin to depend on others` dexterity in order to achieve our own purpose . To complicate things even more , we are often faced with tasks for which it is almost impossible to predict development schedule . Put in words of another Murphy 's law "If everything seems to be going well you have obviously overlooked something

However , I don`t really think that this state of things has any ominous meaning for our professional and `personal` management . Most of us after having encountered similar delays contrasted to our expectations simply learn to account for a certain amount of unexpectedness in our projects and expectations

Nevertheless , this approach will only lessen possible delays . To avoid them completely would require possessing of perfect knowledge of future events - something that is definitely not a human trait

On the other hand , in a vast majority of cases it is the quality of work that has paramount importance . So in situations when we hesitate between quality of work and timeliness one must just have enough wisdom to see that avoiding momentary temptation to find a quick and doubtful shortcut will only lead to growth of personal authority in the future . Of course it implies that you don`t waste your time and personally manage it effectively . But this is already another topic

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