Time off occasionally can make all the difference in what one can accomplish at work.

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""The U.S. is the only [industrialized] country in the world that does not have statutory requirements on employers to provide paid holiday, paid parental leave or paid sick days," says Schmitt. "We are enormous outliers.""

http://news.yahoo.com/why-europes-long-vacations-may-economic-sense-075610981.html