The Peter Principal holds that in an organisation with a hierarchy, you rise to your level of incompetence. It’s an ACTUAL thing, which on the one hand is hilarious but on the other, makes perfect sense.
You’re competent, you get promoted but to a job that requires different skills.
You’re good at that, you get promoted and so on until you stop being promoted.
Congratulations! You’ve reached your level of incompetence.
(I’m itching to add caveats but not going to.)
As ever, thanks for reading
Katherine
Recent History
Entitled ‘Acts of Unfathomable Cruelty’:
Four Cool Things
This galaxy projector shoots stars and nebulas* onto the ceiling/walls of a room. I. got Oscar one for his 8th birthday and it’s a MASSIVE hit. It’s like watching a lava lamp but with lights, mesmerising.
If, like me, you like sad girl novels (genre of book) can I suggest you listen to this interview I did with Pip Finkemeyer who wrote one of the best books I’ve read this year, entitled ‘Sad Girl Novel’.
The Bird Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession by Mark Obmasick – Weirdly entertaining (American) book about a bunch of birders spending a year seeing as many different types of birds as they can.
AirRobe is place to buy and sell second hand clothing. It’s better than Facebook Marketplace and ebay, not only because of search functionality but also because people use the designer’s photos of the clothing, which makes it a) easier to upload stuff yourself and b) waaaaaaaay more appealing to buy.
*coloured cloud/dust-things that morph and change shape. Or did everybody already know that?
Poor Peter
omg the Peter Principle. GOLD.