Rule of thumb

[We Never Know]

What rule of thumb do you know and want to share?

Mine is "The less you do, the less you will be able to do"

Example.. take a runner who runs three miles a day. For whatever reason they cut it down to one mile a day for one year. When they again try to hit that three mile mark, they will find its not an easy task as it was and might not make it at all.

Hence "the less you do, the less you will be able to do"

 

[Stevicus]

 

[The Hammer]

The harder you work. The more work you get given.

 

[We Never Know]

The harder you work. The more work you get given.

That's true in many cases. The more one shows they can handle, the more they have to carry.

 

[The Hammer]

That's true in many cases. The more one shows they can handle, the more they have to carry.

Yup.

I don't see it as a good thing imo.

 

[JustGeorge]

The harder you work. The more work you get given.

I've been in that situation where that's said and everyone stands there and chuckles, and I say "you know you can say no, right?" and then it tends to stop the giggling.

I know that isn't always the case in an employment situation, but it was relevant in that one.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

That's true in many cases. The more one shows they can handle, the more they have to carry.

And they expect more and more and more and don't give you raises or more benefits.
This is why I say hard work is for suckers and getting nowhere except the operating room.

 

[We Never Know]

And they expect more and more and more and don't give you raises or more benefits.
This is why I say hard work is for suckers and getting nowhere except the operating room.

Hence... The more one shows they can handle, the more they have to carry.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Hence... The more one shows they can handle, the more they have to carry.

And without extra pay. This is why I don't work hard at work anymore, unless it is for me and directly benefiting me. Then I don't mind the effort. But when it's for some ******* who's probably already angered me with lies I won't do it.

 

[Brian2]

What rule of thumb do you know and want to share?

Mine is "The less you do, the less you will be able to do"

Example.. take a runner who runs three miles a day. For whatever reason they cut it down to one mile a day for one year. When they again try to hit that three mile mark, they will find its not an easy task as it was and might not make it at all.

Hence "the less you do, the less you will be able to do"

Use it or lose it.

 

[Brian2]

Hence... The more one shows they can handle, the more they have to carry.

That's like Boxer the draught horse in Orwell's Animal Farm

 

[JustGeorge]

That's like Boxer the draught horse in Orwell's 1984

I think you're meaning Animal Farm.

 

[Brian2]

I think you're meaning Animal Farm.

I think you're right.

 

[Gargovic Malkav]

This is why I say hard work is for suckers and getting nowhere except the operating room.

Like what the Dalai Lama said about what he doesn't get about people;
They sacrifice their health to get wealthy, and then they sacrifice their wealth to get healthy again.

 

[Augustus]

My RF rule of thumb is that the frequency at which a poster calls out perceived logical fallacies (such as strawmen or ad hominem) is inversely proportional to both their knowledge of what constitutes said logical fallacy and also their reading proficiency.

 

[Heyo]

What rule of thumb do you know and want to share?

You are not allowed to beat your wife with a stick wider than your thumb.
(Mythological origin of the rule of thumb, see Rule of thumb - Wikipedia.)

 

[Gargovic Malkav]

You are not allowed to beat your wife with a stick wider than your thumb.
(Mythological origin of the rule of thumb, see Rule of thumb - Wikipedia.)

Knowing this, I started to wonder why we call it a "fist rule" in Dutch...

 

[Augustus]

You are not allowed to beat your wife with a stick wider than your thumb.
(Mythological origin of the rule of thumb, see Rule of thumb - Wikipedia.)

 

[Heyo]

Knowing this, I started to wonder why we call it a "fist rule" in Dutch...

We also have the "Faustregel" in German (but it seems the etymology of that is lost). We also know the proverbial "pi times thumb" for an estimate.

 

[RestlessSoul]

Isn’t the rule of thumb something to do with one inch being equivalent to an adult male thumb from joint to tip? Anyway, my rule of thumb when taking measurements is, use a ruler.