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An underpinning of psychology is that people are poor forecasters of their future selves.
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150 |
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A coach’s primary function should be not to make better players, but to make better people.
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051 |
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Treating people equally does not mean coaching them the same. If you don’t adjust to the personnel you have, you’re losing something, no matter how good they are.
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057 |
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…mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear.
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061 |
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Trust is not an easy lesson to learn; in fact, it’s often one that people learn as a result of experiencing the betrayal of trust first.
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090 |
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Many people in transition… stumble onto the fact that they derive much of their sense of identity from their title and employer and that such overidentification with any institution can lead to stunted growth in other arenas.
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084 |
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Far into our careers, we can remain the victims of other people’s values and expectations.
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084 |
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…when it comes to reinventing ourselves, the people who know us best are also the ones most likely to hinder rather than help.
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115 |
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When change entails rethinking our very identity, we need substitutes for the people and groups we have to leave behind and role models for whom we might become.
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122 |
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…people… are only capable of being fully self-reliant when they feel supported by and attached to trusted others.
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130 |
