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The rewards of becoming significantly more effective at the things that really count will swamp the pain of overcoming the minor obstacles this specialization generates.
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When you celebrate effectively, you tap into the reward circuitry of your brain.
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Self-awareness involves a process of comparing yourself to standards.
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Self-awareness evolves because it helps self-regulation. – Charles Carver & Michael Scheier
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Changing personal behavior to meet standards requires willpower, but willpower without self-awareness is as useless as a cannon commanded by a blind man.
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…the most successful strategies for promoting self-control involve rewards.
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It’s clear: The world is demanding more in the way of credentials, more in the way of ability, and it is passing along most of the higher rewards to a relatively small cognitive elite.
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Labor markets are tough, and not always fair, but intelligence will be rewarded for a long time to come.
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The fact is that when humans and computers work together and cooperate, the rewards flow more readily to top talent, not to the socially well connected.
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Psychological rewards are not a substitute for money, but managers should not make the opposite error, which is believe that money can be a substitute for psychological recognition.
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