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    The most productive day of the workweek is Tuesday.
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    Microsoft made $16,005 in revenue in its first year of operation.
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    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    John Mackey (Whole Foods CEO)
    In 2006, the CEO of Whole Foods reduced his salary to $1 a year, donated his entire portfolio to charity, and set up a $100,000 fund for staff facing personal problems.
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    There’s a KFC for deaf people in Pakistan, India, and Egypt.
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    It has been scientifically proven that praise rather than criticism is the best way to help employees improve.
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    CEO takes over company worth $9m, fires management, gives power to employees, and now makes over $200m
    Ricardo Semler, a CEO in his twenties, took over a company worth $9m, fired most of the management, and gave the power to the employees. It now has a turnover of over $200m.
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    Duracell, the battery-maker, built parts of its new international headquarters using materials from its own waste.
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    Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, is dyslexic.
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