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Six powerful strategies to generate new ideas
by The best way to get a good idea is to get a lot of ideas — Linus Pauling Something that I have noticed while I …
Category: Work
Horseshoes and hand grenades as an approach to starting a career
One of my elementary school teachers often said that close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. He said this whenever a student would answer …
Critical thinking / Habits / Life / Life stories / Work
A big mistake at work and the lessons I learned
Back in university, shortly after graduating, I worked for a summer as an orientations coordinator. Orientations, for a lot of universities, is huge and is …
Books / Critical thinking / Habits / Life / Skill development / Work
Three ways to improve your listening skills
Among my friends, I’m known as a good listener. But whenever my friends said that, I often wondered what it is that I did that …
How to be (not) stupid at work
As a knowledge worker, the main thing I was paid for was my knowledge, experience and expertise. I wasn’t paid for moving files from one …
Jeffrey Gitomer’s morning principles or how to win your mornings
Jeffrey Gitomer is an American author, professional speaker, and business trainer, who writes and lectures internationally on sales, customer loyalty, and personal development. He is …
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Small experiments – ten experiments I am currently running in my life
Although I like to think that I have some of the things in my life figured out, I am constantly running small experiments to understand …