The Moscow Rules a la the wiki:
- Assume nothing.
- Murphy is right.
- Never go against your gut; it is your operational antenna.
- Don't look back; you are never completely alone.
- Everyone is potentially under opposition control.
- Go with the flow, blend in.
- Vary your pattern and stay within your cover.
- Any operation can be aborted. If it feels wrong, it is wrong.
- Maintain a natural pace.
- Lull them into a sense of complacency.
- Build in opportunity, but use it sparingly.
- Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee. (borrowed from Muhammad Ali, aka Cassius Clay.)
- Don't harass the opposition.
- There is no limit to a human being's ability to rationalize the truth.
- Technology will always let you down.
- Pick the time and place for action.
- Keep your options open.
- Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. (taken from Ian Fleming's novel Goldfinger)
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Ahhhhh. So those are the rules?!?!
I hope things are going better for you.
Survival strategies is more like it. Since when did scientists have to start conducting themselves like clandestine agents in order to stay afloat?
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I'd go with number 14. Rationalizing.... I hear that...
I hope things are better soon though.
Survival strategies is what you're talking about here. Or how to get what you want done without anyone else realising what you're up to before you've achieved your goal....aka known as working underneath radar.
These are rules to live by in the business world, too. They sound sadly universal, to me - dog-eat-dog, watch your back type stuff. Oy!
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