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Audacious goals stimulate progress, but big bets without empirical validation, or that fly in the face of mounting evidence, can bring companies down, unless they’re blessed with unusual luck. And luck is not a reliable strategy.
|
070 |
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Extensive evidence shows that it’s having high personal standards, not pursuing perfection, that fuels growth.
|
073 |
 |
Evidence shows that when we view hurdles as threats, we tend to back down and give up. When we treat barriers as challenges to conquer, we rise to the occasion.
|
132 |
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Considerable evidence shows that studying with knowledgeable colleagues is good for growth.
|
133 |
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Extensive evidence shows that the wellspring of intrinsic motivation is having the freedom of opportunity to explore our interests.
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171 |
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…laughter is a social activity – and the evidence is vast that people who have regular, satisfying connections to other people are healthier and happier.
|
203 |
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Watching and tracking and monitoring provides comforting evidence – the snapshot, the print-out, the fix on a map – of ‘presence’ in a virtual, mobile, split-focus world.
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129 |
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All the evidence points in one direction: Physical activity is cognitive candy.
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031 |
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…experiments show that sometimes we are willing to rely so much on other people, that we are willing to push aside not only our preferences, but the evidence in front of us.
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119 |
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…scientists have failed to find much evidence of natural abilities explaining experts’ successes.
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084 |
