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As the number of people who work at Basecamp has grown, I've noticed places where we could use more features, like management, structure, and guidelines. I've also noticed places where we've overengineered ourselves and should pull back. ”
A lot of people underestimate rest, especially sleeping and recovery time. ”
When determining appropriate levels of compensation, management must determine if the employee turnover rate is too low, too high, or just right. If turnover rate is high enough to adversely impact the entity's performance, then employee compensation is probably too low. ”
In the case of Bosnia, studies showed that turning to religion was a consequence of post-war depression and dissatisfaction. ”
Grbavica' is first of all a story about love, about love that is not pure because it has been mixed with hate, disgust, trauma, despair. ”
There's the famous thing that the A&R man from the record company is supposed to do: He's supposed to come into the studio and listen to the songs you've been recording and then say, 'Guys, I don't hear any singles.' And then everybody falls into a terrible depression because you have to write one. ”
The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act - or stimulus bill, as it is often called - is a perfect example in which dire circumstances necessitate immediate action. But with such large amounts of taxpayer money at stake, a hastily developed, under-thought-out plan could have been disastrous. ”
In the aftermath of any war or genocide, healing and reconciliation are ultimate aspirations. ”
For the first five years of Luca's life, I desperately wanted to be a good mother and not to pass on this trauma and darkness that his father and I had experienced, but there's a danger of suffocating your kids, too. ”
My parents were born in 1906 and 1907. I think the experience of the Depression greatly influenced the way they thought about the world. ”