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Active engagement of attention signifies top-down activity, an antidote to going through the day with a zombie-like automaticity.
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37 |
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With high self-awareness… you can more readily develop good self-management.
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232 |
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Chief executives need this ability to assess their own…
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235 |
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…if someone lacks a given strength today, they can work…
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238 |
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Most of us find it highly disagreeable to be in a state of obligation. It weighs heavily on us and demands to be removed.
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48 |
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…we have such an automatically favorable reaction to compliments that we can fall victim to someone who uses them in an obvious attempt to win our favor.
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91 |
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Give a compliment behind a deserving person’s back.
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92 |
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Experiments show that the use of fabricated merriment leads audiences to laugh more frequently and longer, as well as to rate humorous material funnier.
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156 |
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As a rule, people don’t like being ordered to do things. It often generates resistance and resentment.
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225 |
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…something special happens when people put their commitments on paper: they live up to what they write down.
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