tickler file

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Tickler File: A Busy Person’s Best Friend

A tickler file is a way to write notes to your future self. At its simplest level, it is a calendar where

how to earn boss respect

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How to Earn Your Boss’s Respect

Easy! 1. Proactively ‘fess up to material mistakes, significant errors, and missed targets. 2. Take full responsibility for solving challenges. Fully live

no whining please

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No Whining Please

Whining: To complain needlessly, peevishly, in an unreasonable, repeated, or irritating way Okay, life can be tough at times, often unfair. Customers

what made us great

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What Made Us Great? Do We Still Have It?

If you believe famed British historian Niall Ferguson, author of “Civilization: The West and the Rest,” six things led to the dominance

culture of belief

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A Culture of Belief

“All In: How the Best Managers Create a Culture of Belief and Drive Big Results,” is a new book by Chester Elton

how will you measure your life?

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How Will You Measure Your Life?

“How Will You Measure Your Life?” is both an age-old question and the title of a new book by Harvard Business School

motivation and 2-factor theory

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Motivation and the Two-Factor Theory

The opposite of satisfaction is not dissatisfaction, rather no satisfaction. Similarly, the opposite of dissatisfaction is no dissatisfaction. The two-factor theory of

feynmans first principle

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Following Feynman’s First Principle

Physicist Richard Feynman’s First Principle is simple: “You must not fool yourself… and you are the easiest person to fool.” We tend

muda mura muri

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Muda, Mura, Muri

Muda, Mura, and Muri are three Japanese words representing core focuses in the Toyota Way of eliminating waste and inefficiency and increasing

wantology

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Wantology

Wantology is a process for clarifying what we REALLY want rather than what we think we want. Most of us do not

first 20 minutes

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“The First 20 Minutes”

“The First 20 Minutes” is the title of a new book by Gretchen Reynolds, a fitness columnist for The New York Times.

repeatability

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Repeatability: Staying True to Your Core

“Repeatability” is both the theme and the title of a new book by Chris Zook and James Allen, consultants with Bain &