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What happened in all the great companies that fell is they made a shift from a humble drive to an arrogance, the belief they somehow magically deserved all that success - "We're just really better than everybody else, and we always will be." The great irony is that leads to the undisciplined pursuit of more, and it's very hard to preserve your values and your basic model if you grow too fast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jim Collins: How Mighty Companies Fall | 6/10/2009 | See Source »

...program, which, as its name suggests, is designed to renew your sense of well-being, includes daily hikes, yoga, meditation, nutritional tips and three complimentary spa treatments, as well as personal consultations with the spa director. Rates start at $1,500 per person including all meals. 352 East Meadow Drive, Vail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quintessential Summer: 8 Outdoor Getaways | 6/9/2009 | See Source »

...attacks are increasing all over the country. Last week a bomb-and-shoot ambush left three soldiers dead near the main U.S. base in Bagram, about an hour's drive north of Kabul, the third such strike in the area in less than a week. Two days earlier, a pair of bombings in eastern Paktika province killed 10 Afghan security guards traveling in a convoy, underscoring the dangers faced by Afghan forces who too often remain underequipped and overexposed. (Watch a video on the challenge for the U.S. military in Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan | 6/9/2009 | See Source »

...translates as "my 95 years." That was how old López--who died May 20 at 97--was when she began posting on the blog that her grandson created as a birthday gift. At an age when some elderly women might unwittingly put a floppy disc into a CD drive, López became a worldwide Internet sensation, reaching more than 1.5 million far-flung readers from the comfort of her seaside hometown in Spain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mariá Amelia López | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

...legislature. But lots of things seemed smart back then, like having Asians focus on manual labor. Now special interests spend $100 million on advertising and can send out enough troops to control an election, especially since the glut of elections keeps people with jobs and the ability to drive at night from showing up. On May 19, only 25% of voters turned out. Even the heated 2005 mayoral runoff between then mayor James Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa moved only 29% of the people, and most of them were sleeping with Villaraigosa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein on California's State of Insanity | 6/8/2009 | See Source »

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