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As Mba Professors Endlessly Tell Their Students, Companies Do Best When They Stick To What They Do Well. There's A Reason Apple Doesn't Make Blenders. There's A Reason Haagen-dazs Doesn't Sell Meat. And There's A Reason Drug Companies Should Focus On Saving And Improving Lives - Not Jeopardizing Them.

There Are A Lot Of Obstacles In The Way Of Our Understanding Animal Intelligence - Not The Least Being That We Can't Even Agree Whether Nonhuman Species Are Conscious. We Accept That Chimps And Dolphins Experience Awareness; We Like To Think Dogs And Cats Do. But What About Mice And Newts? What About A Fly? Is Anything Going On There At All?

Narcissism Falls Along The Axis Of What Psychologists Call Personality Disorders, One Of A Group That Includes Antisocial, Dependent, Histrionic, Avoidant And Borderline Personalities. But By Most Measures, Narcissism Is One Of The Worst, If Only Because The Narcissists Themselves Are So Clueless.

Everybody Loves To Spend Money At Least Some Of The Time - Because Everybody Loves The Stuff You Can Buy With It. The Key To The Pleasure Level Of Any Transaction Is The Balance Between The Pain Of The Payment And The Reward Of The Purchased Object.

Kids Whose Puberty Begins Too Soon Face Not Just Psychological Risks, But Physical Ones Too, With An Increased Likelihood Of Cancer, As Well As Skeletal Changes That Could Prevent Them From Attaining Their Full Adult Height.