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		Tomte on Aug 14, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If you succeed you will fail I used to work in a company where important dates (inauguration of new development building, important product release etc.) were set to the birthday of the owner/CEO's late husband. Come what may. If your product was to be released somewhere in that half of the year, this date it was.

geosh on Aug 14, 2023 [–]

It's like a communist party opens a dam or a factory earlier just because it's the party's anniversary.

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