Stay lean and mean even after the recession

It's critical to stay lean and mean during an economic recovery - and even expansion - so you're ready for the next disaster.(Fortune Magazine) -- If ever you were entitled to start breathing easier, now would seem to be the moment. So why am I telling you not to? The end of the recession seems so close that you can almost smell it. The stock market is surging, China and India are firing on all cylinders again, and no one would be surprised if in the next quarter the U.S. economy shows signs ...