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My Dad Waterskied in a Leisure Suit: Why Peers Matter

I’m the worst waterskier in my family. My younger brother whips back and forth like a pro, hitting the outside buoys on the slalom course and leaning sideway until he’s practically parallel to the water. My Dad has been a hot shot skier since he was 8. When I.

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How To Get People To Buy Into Your Ideas

Stan was excited about his presentation. His proposal was perfect. He was confident the senior leadership team would quickly buy into the brilliance of his plan. He was envisioning a fat promotion. Imagine his surprise when 5 minutes in, the CEO said, “I don’t think so, let’s move to.

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The Rep Who Sells with Noble Purpose (and why competitors should be afraid)

Her name was Karen. She sold the same drug regime as every other rep in her company. Her  geographic territory was a nondescript slice of interstates, strip malls, aging hospitals and understaffed, high stress, fake plant-adorned doctor’s offices, just like the other 450 reps in her organization. Yet year after.

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7 Ways to Have a Great Life

Long-term goals are important, but don’t make the mistake of putting your happiness on hold until you achieve them. Here are 7 simple ways you can have a great life starting tomorrow morning: 1.Get enough sleep – It makes you smarter, nicer and better problem-solver. You’ll also have fewer traffic.

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It's Always Personal: Why Even Men Cry at Work

She was absolutely blindsided, sucker-punched. She hunched over the telephone, turned her back on her colleagues and gazed unseeingly at the high rise across the street as Sumner Redstone, the almost 70-year-old Chairman of Viacom Inc., let loose with his tirade. Anne Kreamer, then a 37-year-old senior VP at.

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How 'We The People' Can Restore Civility In Congress

We’re at a turning point.  We claim we want civility.   But let’s be honest; what we really want is for the other side to shut up. We can criticize the politicians, but how many of us truly want to collaborate or cooperate? Here’s the deal, people: Congress works for.

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How ‘We The People’ Can Restore Civility In Congress

We’re at a turning point.  We claim we want civility.   But let’s be honest; what we really want is for the other side to shut up. We can criticize the politicians, but how many of us truly want to collaborate or cooperate? Here’s the deal, people: Congress works for.

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Service, Satisfaction, And Other Legends of Old

Long, long ago in a land far, far away, there existed an ancient practice called customer service. Highly trained tribal leaders were anointed the title of “service reps,” and their role was to assist the befuddled and the bewildered with the purchase and use of goods and services. Legend.

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Are Your Stories Serving You? Or Sabotaging You?

What’s your story? We all have stories. They’re the inner thought tracks of our lives. The challenge is they’re not always true, and sometimes even if they are true, repeating them doesn’t always bring out the best in us. For instance, you probably know a divorced person who is.

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How to Stifle A Scream (and Other Teen Driving Tips)

My daughter is learning how to drive. But, as it turns out, I’m the one getting a lesson. I’m learning all kinds of new things, like how to stifle a scream. And that no matter how hard you push your foot into the floor, you can’t stop the car.

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