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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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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

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“Pleased But Not Satisfied”

“Pleased But Not Satisfied” is a self-published book by David L. Sokol, chairman of MidAmerican Energy, a major subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.

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Present Moment: Friend or Foe?

What kind of relationship do you wish to have with the present moment? The moment you are in right now, the moment

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30 Methods of Influence: #29 Train Them in the Law of the Harvest

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 29. Train them in the law of the harvest. We teach the “agricultural principles”

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“The Secret Door To Success,” Florence Scovel Shinn

Sometimes that which we most urgently desire, we drive away and that which we most desperately fear, we attract. All of us

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Three Kinds of People

One of the mental exercises that people seem to love is to break down the world into different kinds of people. In

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A Light Bulb or a Gun?

Every Sunday, The New York Times business section runs a piece called “Corner Office,” interviewing a CEO, generally of small- and medium-sized

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30 Methods of Influence: #28 Involve People in Meaningful Projects

“30 Methods of Influence” by Stephen R. Covey 28. Involve people in meaningful projects. Meaningful projects have a healing influence on people.