The human mind loves certainty. Left to its own devices, when faced with a challenging situation, your brain will create a dichotomy, a this or that polarizing choice that simplifies complex situations. It’s not your brain’s fault. The human mind is incredibly complex; every day it has to keep.
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Do you remember career counseling when you were in school? Someone probably presented a bunch of career options and then tried to help you decide the best fit based on how you had performed thus far in academia with little or no discussion about your personality traits. This is.
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Does life ever sometimes seem like one big long to-do list? With too much to do and not enough time to do it, life can easily become a grind. We often think that an easier life would be a happier life, but in many cases that’s not so. Once.
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CVS kicked their cigarette habit in October of 2014. They were generating $2 billion in revenue annually selling tobacco. But they quit, cold turkey. They gave up $2 billion a year because selling tobacco was out of alignment with their true purpose. Their announcement read: “Ending the sale of.
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Sometimes it seems like the world is falling apart. Race relations are struggling, children are being murdered, and even beloved cultural icons are tumbling. It seems like the world is getting worse. Only it’s not. The fact that we even report on these things, and that we’re outraged, reveals.
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Where do you start a painting project? Or any type of project? I was refinishing some furniture recently, and found myself thinking about the three classic mistakes that people make when managing project workflow. Mistake #1 – Starting with the most visible parts first Years ago, whenever I was.
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We’ll all been there. Things are running smoothly, then whack, seemingly out of nowhere you get hit over the head. You lose your job, your competition takes away your best business or someone in your personal life drops a bomb on you. You never saw it coming, except of.
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When was the last time you looked for a job or an employee on Monster.com? If you’re like most people, you’ve heard of Monster, but haven’t used it lately. Monster Worldwide has announced that CEO Sal Iaunuzzi is leaving. His departure comes after several years of declining marketing share,.
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I was sitting at an upscale burger place in Atlanta a few months back with my daughter. An African-American family sat down at the table beside us – a mom, a dad, two college-age boys, and a grandmother. The tables were big pine farm style tables. We were all.
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How many times have you worked like a fiend on something and then found yourself so burned out you couldn’t bear to even look at it again? You’re not alone. The up down cycle of intense work followed by a sloth-like period of no results is a common phenomenon.
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