One, the people in charge wanting to give up control. This tends to eliminate some 80 percent of businesspeople. Two, a profound belief that humankin… - Ricardo Semler

Ways to combat stress, such as playing golf before a conference call or taking a break on the beach during inventory, are essential.

Instead of constantly talking about motivation, organizations should ensure that employees are occasionally delighted.

The opposite of work is idleness. But very few of us know what to do with idleness. When you look at the way that we distribute our lives in general, you realize that in the periods in which we have a lot of money, we have very little time. And then when we finally have time, we have neither the money nor the health.