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		pstack on May 24, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'? That kind of sounds like a metaphor for more training rather than vacation?

AndyJPartridge on May 24, 2011 [–]

I understand it to mean you should take time out in order to improve the overall quality of your work.

Be that training, a vacation, or the literal "sharpening of the axe."

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