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From the Archives: The Ultimate Cost of Penny-Pinching

Success

He believes that a suit of clothes and a necktie should be worn until they are threadbare. Everywhere, we see people wearing seedy, shabby clothes; stopping at cheap, noisy hotels or boarding houses; and sleeping on uncomfortable beds. 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. These are always commendable goals and you can see the logic.

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