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Volume 22 No. 6
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February 6, 2015
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4 rules for better communication in meetings
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Meetings work better when you introduce ground rules, writes James M. Kerr. Ban eye-rolling and create a safe, respectful space for discussion, and be prepared to sidestep deadlocks and table unproductive discussions. "When consistently enforced, these simple ground rules help drain contentiousness out of the conversation," Kerr writes. Management-Issues (U.K.) (11/5)
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take baby steps to become a master
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It's been said that becoming an expert requires 10,000 hours of practice, but people forget that what really matters is what you do with your hours, writes James Clear. Experts succeed by breaking down their learning process into individual skills that can be quickly mastered, ensuring that they master the basics before attempting to move on. "In many ways, they are advanced for that very reason: they understand the fundamentals better than anyone else," Clear writes. James Clear blog (11/3)
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this professor wants you to connect with him on Linkedin
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Connect with a diverse group of people on LinkedIn -- not just people you know well -- because you never know who may help you out with your next job, writes Henrik Bresman of INSEAD. "Unless you have a good reason to believe otherwise, it may be the wisest course to treat everyone you encounter as a potential Godfather," Bresman writes. Knowledge.Insead.edu/INSEAD Blog (11/6)
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10 Team motivation killers
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3 ingredients to beating procrastination
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Overcoming procrastination requires a boost in motivation and energy, and possibly a new focus, writes Joel Garfinkle. "Chronic procrastination is actually a big wake-up call that's telling you, 'Maybe you're working on the wrong things, or you're headed the wrong way. Find a different path!' " Garfinkle writes.
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"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." - Arthur Ashe
"You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage -- pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically, to say "no" to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger "yes" burning inside." - Stephen R. Covey
"If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." - Issac Newton
"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary." - Vince Lombardi
"Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do." - Shaquille O'Neal
"I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities -- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion." - Franklin Roosevelt
"Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit." - Napoleon Hill
"The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle." - Pierre de Coubertin
"Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." - Howard Thurman
"Throughout the centuries, there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision." - Ayn Rand
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