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The #1 Reason People Do Not Succeed in Life

The #1 reason people do not succeed in life is the unwillingness to delay gratification. Basically, the failure to have a plan

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All the Answers Have Been Found

The good news is that everything you need to know has already been discovered. The great truths of life have been distilled

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Is an A Really a B?

Grade inflation is back. After a big episode during the Vietnam war to protect students’ draft deferments, grade inflation re-emerged in force

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Four Ways to Make it Easy for Luck to Find You

#1 Be open and flexible, seize serendipity: Deliberately add variety to your life, be approachable, stay open to chance opportunities. Unlucky people

downside of following passion

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On the Downside of “Following (Mindlessly) Your Passion”

Successful people frequently advise others to do as they have and “follow your passion.” It sounds like great advice… BUT cartoonist Scott

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Three Reasons to Beware the Advice of Successful People

Why? 1. Truth be told, many highly successful people are so busy doing WHAT they do best that they do not truly

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The Problem with Problem Solving

The problem with problem solving is that it is focused to taking action to make something go away, e.g. the problem. While

farther reaches of human nature

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The Farther Reaches of Human Nature

Abraham Maslow is famous for his hierarchy of human needs known as Maslow’s pyramid. While these needs exist in every role we

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Do You Believe it is Possible to Overcome the Past?

“Do you believe it is possible to overcome the past?” is a question Ohio asks prisoners coming up for parole. An attempt

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Embracing Temporary Failure

Acquiring new skills often requires a learning curve, a time when it is very normal to make “mistakes” as the new behavior

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The “I Need” Syndrome

To every boss, it sometimes seems like there is a line outside their door of people wanting resources: “I need this. I

titles dont make leader

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Titles Don’t Make a Leader, Six Principles of Leadership That Do

– “Trustworthiness, Transparency and Openness” Leadership is about communication, communication, communication. Often, the biggest problem with communication is the illusion it just