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I am a fan of keeping a journal. I keep one myself and I encourage the leaders I work with to do the same. The format does not really matter (what you thought, what you did, what you said, how you felt, etc.) as long as you record it. By
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Business Basics
Hiring manager: We’re just about done here. Do you have any questions for us? Job candidate: During the 2020 pandemic, how long did you keep your employees on the payroll? And what was your rationale? What specifically did you do to keep your employees safe? (photo by Headway on
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On the last day of class, Clayton Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor, asks his students to turn those theoretical lenses on themselves to find cogent answers to three questions: Second, how can I be sure that my relationships with my spouse and my family become an enduring source of
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"[The best personal finance advice] can fit on a 3-by-5 index card, and is available for free in the library." "So, if you're paying someone for advice, almost by definition, you're probably getting the wrong advice because the correct advice is
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The quote in the title is from Simone Weil. When I pay attention I am giving my time. It prompts the question: Who, or what, receives my attention? Therein lies my treasure.
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Goethe positioned himself in front of the Empress and as she passed executed a deep bow. Beethoven pushed his top hat firmly on the back of his head, crossed his arms and strode past the Empress, intentionally snubbing her. Goethe was appalled, and their friendship was irretrievably damaged. See Classic
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Un souffre-douleur, un faire-valoir; À la vie, à la mort; Quelqu'un avec qui on aime être, davantage que seul. L'extrait qui suit est tiré d'un making of d'un film que j'ai beaucoup aimé. Un truc qui raconte une
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The basic humanity of the opposition is not forgotten; civility is not abandoned; the sense that a community life must be carried on after the acerbic issues of the moment have been fought over and won is seldom very far out of mind; an awareness that the opposition will someday
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Manfred Kets de Vries at KnowledgeINSEAD: Consider your life today and answer the following questions:Do you feel that your life is out of control and that you have too many things on your plate?Do you often feel confused, anxious, irritable, fatigued or physically debilitated?Are you having increased
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In conversations with managers, I often hear people say something like "Well, I can't help myself, that's who I am, I'm an engineer / a finance person / a lawyer," etc. I share Stephen Fry's consideration in The Guardian : I am not
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