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Power of Praise, Redux

I recently took some on-line courses to keep my building contractor’s license current. There was a quiz at the end of each

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Always Assume Positive Intent

Assuming positive intent means that you consciously choose to assume that the people you work with have good intentions, that they are

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Micro-Victories

There is very little difference between people, but that little difference makes a BIG difference, especially compounded over time. The secrets of

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Frugality: Both Sexy and Smart?

Can frugality be sexy? Not according to a recent survey, which asked for a word association for a hypothetical blind date described

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Thirty Methods: Overcoming Three Big Mistakes. Mistake #2: Attempt to Build/Rebuild Relationships Without Changing Conduct or Attitude

“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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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

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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