Frances Fry

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Frances, we are more than halfway through the year now, gearing up for a quick summer break. I feel like so far we've done what we came to do on the show. I completely agree. I have loved the master fixers, the teach-ins. I think we've done everything. I think it's been a good semester. And, you know, I might be most proud about the fact that we give just enough advice. Yeah, I agree.

I feel like we have been holding back a little bit, I have to say. I think restraint has been a theme of the first half of this year. I think so. And it's unnatural for me, as you know. I think it, I say it, is usually how I operate. But for our listeners, I'm trying to moderate a little bit.

We're never outrunning the lion. We're never bringing down the woolly mammoth. We are just in this state of activity without any return. It almost feels criminal that we're exhausted and we don't even get excellence for it. We're exhausted and mediocre. If I was going to be mediocre, I'd like to be well rested. Yeah.

She did just a breathtaking study, which compared teams that everyone was always on. It was in professional services where your client needs you to be always on. She had teams that were always on, individuals were always on, and then teams that were collectively always on, but individually had scheduled a time off.

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