To not follow your passion in life is a recipe for failure and unhappiness.

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This was a recipe for failure which the DfT must learn from urgently.

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The research on disconnected employees shows that most CEOs are detached from the front line, which is ultimately a recipe for failure.

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The problem is that a system that requires insurance companies to sell to all comers but makes it easy for people to delay buying coverage until they are actually ill is a recipe for failure.

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In truth, the Italian experience is consistent with the findings of a growing body of academic literature on the issue: fiscal adjustment dominated by tax increases typically is a recipe for failure: It fails to stabilize the debt and it is more likely to cause economic contractions.

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