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Murphy, Parkinson and Paco

Murphy, Parkinson and Paco

  • Murphy’s law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
  • Parkinson’s law: Work expands to fill the time available for its completion.
  • Paco’s law: Your spending will equal what you have available to spend.

Not true for all, but the amount of people who are struggling with getting a grip on their spending is so huge that there should be a law for it.

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