How the Recession Improved Our Lives

Raising the body count just because you can
This won't fly with either presidential candidate, but I'll say it anyway - don't rush out to hire back all the positions you eliminated during the recession. Sure, some left a big hole, and remaining staff had to pick up the pieces (sometimes really large pieces). But let's face it - you weren't doing everything wrong before the recession, but because of it, you've had to learn to do some things differently - and that may mean better.