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...night for a maximum of 160 days per year and must produce over 50% of the food they sell to tourists. In Britain, Germany and elsewhere, there are stringent health and safety controls, including fire regulations and rules governing contact with farm animals. That might scare off a laid-back farmer, but in other places, especially poorer regions, including Poland, farmers are undeterred. Slawomir Bojar, a Polish electronics specialist, got into the agritourism business last year because he was looking for a change of pace after heart surgery. He and his wife bought a 100-year-old property near...
...million each, and become billionaires - at least on paper. Who says the days of dotcom wealth are dead? Much Ado About Doing Nothing So what if the 35-hour week is holding back economic growth. Less is more, according to Corinne Maier, who praises France's laid-back work ethic in her satirical book, Bonjour Paresse (Hello Sloth: The Art and Necessity of Doing as Little as Possible at Work). Published in May in a modest initial run of 4,000 copies, Maier's essay ridicules the rigidity and bureaucracy of French management culture by urging readers to exploit...
...During a remarkable recovery, she trained with her brother Bruce (Olympic boardsailing champion in '88). "It never occurred to her that she couldn't beat him," recalls Beck. "She drove herself to a level so far ahead of the women that she absolutely dominated the Olympic competition." Despite her laid-back lingo ("bummed" and "stoked"), there's a regal confidence, not at all boastful, on display as Kendall speaks about windsurfing and her life experiences...
Pierce says he had time to think while he was abroad and that he returned home more laid-back than when he left...
Chang, who won the award after only one year of teaching, said he approached his lab section from the mentality that “a lot of people think of labs as a drag, and I said I’m going to make this as fun and laid-back as possible...