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And how he played! And how he moved from hand to hand, his mind picking out patterns and probabilities. He never slowed or hesitated. It was like seeing into his brain, his talent at work, the same mechanism that always discovered the hidden value. I was watching an artist.
Then the fever broke, and Teddy was done. As he walked to the betting window, he dropped a pile of chips in my hand, saying, “You and your kids lost, but your wife, she did pretty well.”
Meadow Lane
We met throughout the summer, at restaurants in the city, his apartment on Fifth Avenue, but mostly in Southampton, where we sat on a deck overlooking the sea. He recollected his life in chapters and wanted to talk it through that way, a section at a time. It was a story Teddy had been writing in his head for decades, narrating his life as he lived it—another reason he could never find a suitable ghost. Teddy was looking for a writer who could get the voice in his head on the page, which is impossible.
So we stuck
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The Cleaning Agent
Dell Inc. founder and CEO Michael Dell is used to raucous receptions on the rough-and-tumble personal computer industry circuit. But when he left the stage after delivering the keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January , he was not expecting to be hammered by a “chain gang.” Outside the show stood activists dressed as prisoners wearing “Dell Recycling Team” signs and shackled to PCs. They protested that Dell’s computer recycling program used prison labor working in unsafe conditions. According to the San Jose-based Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, which organized the demonstration, Dell’s recycling vendor exploited prisoners and created an unfair competitive situation for Dell’s rival Hewlett-Packard, because HP was using a more expensive commercial recycler with higher safety standards.
The Stanford alumnus who heads the coalition, Theodore G. “Ted” Smith, smiles at the memory. Within six months of the protest, Dell announced it
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'Work smarter, not..': Dell CEO Michael Dell counters Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy’s hour workweek idea
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Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell Technologies approach extends beyond his personal life. His company, which generated $88 billion in revenue last year, is a testament to the effectiveness of his methods.
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In an open conversation on the podcast In Good Company, Michael Dell, the CEO of Dell Technologies, discussed his approach to maintaining long-term success, emphasising balance over unrelenting work. As the head of a $88 billion business, Dell promotes "working smarter, not harder," emphasising the value of balancing work, play, and leisure. In his statement, Dell CEO urged workers to find balance in their long-term success goals, saying, "I realised long ago that there's a point of diminishing returns to the