Shortcuts make for long delays. J.R.R. Tolken
If a shortcut is a quicker & cheaper way of getting somewhere: why isn't it the "normal path"?
Because, as Little Red Ridding Hood discovered: "there are wolves in those woods";
or the path may be washed out;
or the bridge gone;
or it might be dark and you might get lost.
The principle of Conservation of Long Cuts: "The positive gained, must be offset to some degree by a negative".
For example: we trade safety (a higher level of risk) for speed. We trade quality for cost.
Sometimes it is a fair trade; sometimes we win; most times we loose.
This is not to say one should never take shortcuts. It's just that much of the time; shortcuts are not shorter and we pay a double penalty. Therefore, before we decide not to measure twice to ensure that we will only have to cut once, we better think twice.
Rhb
12:19:54 AM 
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