When you ask for volunteers in public, you rarely get any. And if you do, they are likely not the ones best suited for the work. You end up angry that those who you really ...
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The Vacation Effect
I was taking a walk with a friend the other day. She was struggling with whether to take a holiday the following week. A friend was coming to town but she had so much to ...
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Sometimes, you have to leave them alone
If you ask anyone if they would rather do great work or weak work, they will say great work. To do any type of creative work like composing a song, solving an accounting problem, writing ...
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How to avoid doing or saying something you will regret—at work and at home
We all get triggered sometimes by things other people say or do. And we have all responded in ways we regret. Psychologist Dr. Christina Watlington tells us: “In the absence of a strong emotional vocabulary, ...
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How will you use your remaining dots?
See the image above. I am 51 years old. The filled-in dots on this page represent the months I have already lived; the empty dots represent the time I have left until 90. These dots ...