Also good points. The layoff was straight out of Machiavelli. If you must do bad things, then do them all at once. If you can do good things, then do them bit

Also good points. The layoff was straight out of Machiavelli. If you must do bad things, then do them all at once. If you can do good things, then do them bit by bit. People will then forget the bad and remember the good.