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Survival

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When we feel safe among the people with whom we work, the more likely we are to survive and thrive. That’s just the way it is.

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Given its importance to our ability to survive, we humans take this trust thing really seriously.

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Everything about our bodies was designed with one goal – to help us survive. This includes the feelings of happiness.

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Our ability to survive, even to live, depends on our capacity to coordinate with others in and across time.

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…for a marriage to survive, the ratio of positive to negative emotion in a given encounter has to be at least five to one.

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…surviving multiple layoffs wears down people’s psychological defenses, provoking depression, health problems, and thoughts of quitting.

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…fear can be the opposite of complacency. Complacency often afflicts precisely those who have been the most successful… A good dose of fear of losing may help sharpen their survival instincts.

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…to succeed, maybe even to survive, in the new environment, organizations and leaders must fundamentally change.

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…we are… increasingly susceptible to unforeseen and unforeseeable disruptions. To survive them, we need to become both robust and resilient.

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By embracing humility – recognizing the inevitability of surprises and unknowns – and concentrating on systems that can survive and indeed benefit from such surprises, we can triumph over volatility.

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