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The game becomes looking busy instead of working hard and solving problems and contributing. It’s a game no one wins.
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028 |
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Trying to create technical change for what is a social problem is usually a disaster.
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077 |
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No time-management seminar is ever going to solve the problem of people not having control over their time… What people need is power.
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079 |
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When you are in control you have the power to solve problems.
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147 |
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How we feel profoundly influences how we perform. The problem is that much of the time, we’re not even aware of how we’re feeling…
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123 |
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The problem is that when our survival isn’t literally at stake, the benefits of fight-or-flight are often far outweighed by the costs.
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126 |
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…human beings are meaning-making animals. We seek to understand. The problem is that we often tell our stories so fast that we mistake them for the facts and then treat our stories as if they’re irrefutably true.
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148 |
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…focusing on a positive outcome rather than avoiding a negative one typically leads to greater persistence, more flexibility in finding ways to reach a goal, increased creativity in solving problems, greater internal motivation, more satisfaction, and better results.
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151 |
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If America is to regain its edge, and face and solve its myriad problems, leader – the real thing, not copies – must show the way.
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186 |
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…we need people who know how to find problems, because the ones we face today aren’t always clearly defined, and they aren’t linear.
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044 |
