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...весь мир съехал с катушек и единственный имеющийся выбор - кем стать: шизофреником или параноиком.

Had literally become trapped in the wild (C)
Lots to say, better stay silent for some time.
Will be back soon.

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Randy Pausch Time Management lecture 2007
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23 декабря дочитала Peopleware. Контрольные точки)

CHANGE through CHAOS
and
INNOVATION through FAILURE

MANTRA: The fundamental response to change is not logical, but emotional.

How long can it wait without causing a problem?

We haven't got time to think about this job, only to do it.

A catalyst for change.

On Parkinson's "Law":
Work expands to fill the ( Read more... )

The most successful manager is the one who shakes up the local entropy
to bring in the right people and let them be themselves, even though
they may deviate from the corporate norm.

//закладка для себя

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...

Scrawny through a plundered wood,
Trolls run scolding for their food,
Owl and nightingale are dumb,
And the angel will not come.

Clear, unscalable, ahead
Rise the Mountains of Instead,
From whose cold, cascading streams
None may drink except in dreams.

W. H. Auden
1936


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"- Не хочешь ли ты сказать, смертный, что любовь тебе милее солнечного света и тёплого хлеба?"
( Итальянская сказка )