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People love to connect on a human level and we all love stories. Human beings are wired to absorb and soak in stories.
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090 |
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Oh, rejection. The word alone stings. There is perhaps no greater human fear than being refused, denied, and dismissed, especially when we really care about what we have put ‘out there’ – our hearts, our work, our ideas.
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112 |
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The idea that you can take the human factor out and still create innovation seems like the ultimate bureaucratic fantasy…
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090 |
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The real thing – genuine, human connection – is still available, but it’s best to book it into your schedule. What isn’t booked often doesn’t happen.
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038 |
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In the rush of today’s world you need a plan to make sure you stay genuinely connected with a human you know and like.
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039 |
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The process of finding ideas and growing them, as painful and frustrating as it is, as rarely completed as it is, as demoralizing and depressing as it can be, is still the most advanced activity the human mind can engage in.
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127 |
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This is in fact the only way a human can multitask effectively – practice one action so thoroughly that it becomes automatic, thus freeing up neurons to attend to matters other than the menial aspects of the task.
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175 |
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Doing a task well increases motivation because it is human nature to like to do more of what you do well.
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180 |
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That our project has crashed is not a reflection of our worth as human beings. It’s just a mistake. It’s a problem – and a problem can be solved.
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078 |
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…economic systems – the products of complex knots of human factors – confound linear attempts at prediction and control.
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067 |
