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…artists report feeling significantly more constrained when doing commissioned works than when doing non-commissioned works.
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Asking questions is a science and an art. The science is in how you intellectually construct a question. The art is found in how you ask it: your tone of voice, your creative choice of words, your behavior and remarks before asking your question.
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As your community grows, partnering becomes more of a necessity. It becomes a matter of efficiency. One contact holds the key to maintaining all the other relationships in his or her network.
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When you realize the best icebreaker is a few words from the heart, the act of starting a conversation becomes far less daunting.
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It is a sign of wisdom to avoid believing every thought that enters your mind. It’s a mark of emotional intelligence to avoid internalizing every feeling that enters your heart.
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When we’re willing to update our ideas of who our partners are, it can give them freedom to evolve and our relationships room to grow.
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The great art lies in being open-minded enough to see faint possibilities at first, and then being methodical enough to keep coming back for more impressions, until the full picture is clear.
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Giving out awards is good. Giving out awards to everyone who participates is not necessarily better.
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The better the organization performs, the more fuel there is to build an even bigger, more robust organization that feeds the hearts and souls of those who work there.
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Every boss ought to learn a lesson from the pissed-off profession: sham participation is a sure-fire way to undermine people’s productivity and wipe out their trust.
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