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G P — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:30:34 -0400

Americans (including me) aren't good with free time, they like structures. We like things like To Do lists that are prioritized A, B, C and then Group A is broken down to A1, A2, A3. They like vacations where you go for a week to an Amusement Park and go on all the rides, each time marking it off on the map. They go on vacations, which have itineraries and details that look like a space shuttle launch. We couldn't deal with the whole month of August off. What would we do after the 1st week? Ok, I got to get back to work now, I'm up to task A43 :-)

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G P — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:29:03 -0400

Oh yes. If there are too few managers, the workers will still sort things out by themselves. Some of them will rise up to fill the managerial gap. If there are too many managers, they just end up slowing down the company.

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G P — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:50:01 -0400

I agree.

People become big (i.e. successful), not just because of their own efforts but because of other people's effort as well. Think about how hard it would be if you were doing a great job, but your boss was undermining your credibility behind the scenes. Now think about doing just a mediocore job, but having a boss who is telling the world you''re the best thing since sliced bread!