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Do Not Play the Paperclip Game
I saw The Link  at exactly 10:11pm last night.  I noted the time because the article I saw it in said that the game would occupy at least the next couple hours.  “No way,” I foolishly thought, but I noted the time anyway.  A couple thousand clicks and optimizations later I look up and it’s 12:33am.  I swore I had only been a few minutes.  An hour tops.  Nope, 2 hours 22 minutes.  I played until 1:11am and went to bed with the screen running.  I awoke to a couple trillion dollars invested and the planet slowly running out of resources left to turn into paperclips. Never fear, once you consume…
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Handling Stress
Stress. Â As a CEO you’re supposed to be immune to stress. Â You’re the captain of the ship; the general of the army. Â Never let them see you sweat…all that stuff. Â But, you’re also human. Â All humans experience stress in one form or another and a various times. Â The important thing is what to do about it. Â The way you handle the stress that life presents is the key. The other issue as a CEO is that you rarely have people you can confide in. Â No one really wants to hear about your troubles, and, see above, you are not supposed to have any troubles. Â Many of the activities you can…
