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From the Archives: The Ultimate Cost of Penny-Pinching

Success

I know a rich man who has become such a slave to the habit of economizing, formed when he was trying to get a start in the world, that he has not been able to break away from it. He believes that a suit of clothes and a necktie should be worn until they are threadbare. Power is the goal of the highest ambition.

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We are not blank slates and we don’t adapt to change in predictable ways

Workplace Insight

It bears some comparisons with Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society by Nicholas A Christakis which offered a wide-ranging look at how people and their societies and environments are shaped by their innate and sometimes unchangeable characteristics.

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Taylor's a Feminist – But So Is James | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

But if it means being able to send your kids to a better school, to not have to worry when they grow out of their clothes, to buy them the Christmas present they want instead of the one you can afford, many of you would take the job anyway. I wanted to enter a female name in the form field to make this post. Dot´s last blog.

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