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Case Study Limitation vs. Expansion

International Coach Academy

However, there have been some significant obstacles in the way – mostly having to do with his mindset. They also felt, as a lot of international parents do, that having a prestigious degree from an American university would help their chances in any case. He didn’t blog or post about his work as his friends did.

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How successful people deal with dead ends: sidestep and reframe

Penelope Trunk

Every morning my Google Calendar alert says “you have no events scheduled today.” ” This used to be my favorite part of my email, but my prayers for permanent lockdown went unanswered , and my brother did shared screen to help me book a flight and he saw I have no calendar and he lost his s**t. We have failed.

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Decoding Success Quotes From The Great Leaders

Vantage Circle

I am sure you must have your favorite success quotes that you keep going back to when you need your doses of motivation. In this blog, I shall dig deeper and decode some of the most famous success quotes that the leaders quoted in the specific categories. People run businesses, and it is no one man's job.

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Could Being Conscientious Make Unemployment Worse?

On The Job

Helpful information and advice from Americas favorite workplace columnist About Anita Blog Books Syndicated Column Interviews Career Links Contact Wednesday, June 16, 2010 Could Being Conscientious Make Unemployment Worse? In my family, if you werent working, it had better be because you were dead or at least unconscious in a ditch somewhere.

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Fatal Optimism

Charles Leon

Some years ago, when my son, Josh, was small, I listened to him and his friends playing football in the garden. Was it a goal, or did the ball hit the post? They were arguing about a shot that didn't happen, with a ball that wasn't there, in a goal that had no post!! You have to believe a future can become a reality.

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The Magic Of Critical Thinking: How To Make Better Decisions

StrategyU

People say “you go to school to learn how to think” but show no evidence that this happens. We assume critical thinking happens at work but we can’t explain how we do it. How is something so central to the way we live in the modern world so poorly understood? I can only make them think.”

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“Don’t Try” – Charles Bukowski’s Advice to Creators

Lateral Action

In a world of 101 things to do the idea of waiting for your creativity to come and lend a hand might seem absurd or luxurious at best, but as creative people can we learn from the journey he travelled following his philosophy of “Don’t Try"? I simply gave up. It wasn’t because I thought I was a bad writer. Photo by Hryck.