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Taking the High Road

Both Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln are said to have kept journals. They used them as tools, recording their thoughts and aspirations,

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Make It a Game

We often know what we should do. But sometimes we are challenged to get ourselves to do as well as we know.

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In Praise of Humble Beginnings

Scottie Pippen, a seven-time NBA All Star and six-time World Champion with the Chicago Bulls, was inducted into the NBA Hall of

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Self-Stability: “The Key Thing”

Sheila Lirio Marcelo is the founder and chief executive of Care.com. Early in her career she had the foresight and personal courage

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Thirty Methods: Overcoming Three Big Mistakes. Mistake #1: Advise Before Understand

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey “In our attempts to influence others, we commonly make three mistakes, all related either

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Opportunity vs. Impossibility Mindset

Around the turn of the 20th century, a shoe manufacturer sent a couple of business development types to investigate an undeveloped area

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Beware “Competitive Arousal”

For a staid business publication, the phrase sounds much too…exotic? But there it was, competitive arousal, in the first paragraph of a

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Can Conflict Be a Good Thing?

Or put another way, can excessive politeness stifle problem solving? Can gentle civility, carried too far, keep ideas from being properly challenged?

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Shinrin-yoku

Visiting nature for therapeutic benefit has become popular in Japan. The concept is known as Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing. A study of

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30 Methods of Influence: #30 Let Natural Consequences Teach Responsible Behavior

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 30. Let natural consequences teach responsible behavior. One of the kindest things we can

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Many Hands Make Light Work

In 1981, Herman Ostry and his wife Donna bought a farm a half mile outside of Bruno, Nebraska, a small community 60

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Celebrating Everyday Heroes

You see them every day. You may not realize it, or stop to think about it, or pause to appreciate them, but