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How to Be More Resilient

January 9, 2019

Some people are just genetically tougher. But you can train your brain to better handle stress. Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Richard A. Friedman for The New York Times. To read the complete article, check out…

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How to Use Distraction to Your Advantage

June 29, 2016

Your scatterbrain is great when it is time to think of new ideas. But when it comes to executing those ideas? Not so much. Here is an excerpt from an article by Christian Jarrett for 99U. To read, the complete…

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Do Your People Know Which Way to Go?

August 31, 2015

Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Doug Conant, featured by LinkedIn Pulse. To read the complete article, check out others, and sign up to receive email alerts, please click here. * * * The ultimate goal of…

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Philip Kotler: Part 1 of an interview by Bob Morris

May 10, 2015

Philip Kotler is the S.C. Johnson & Son Professor of International Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He received his Master’s Degree at the University of Chicago and his PhD Degree at MIT, both in…

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How We Learn. Really.

September 26, 2014

In his runaway bestseller, How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens, Benedict Carey observes, “The science of learning is, at bottom, a study of the mental muscle doing the work — the living brain…

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A conversation with the essayist and editor Joseph Epstein

August 29, 2014

Here is a brief excerpt from Katie Bolick’s superb interview of Joseph Epstein for The Atlantic, dated June 30, 1999. It happened once that GQ magazine was to photograph the editor and writer Joseph Epstein in his classroom at Northwestern…

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How to Tell Your Company’s Story

April 3, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nadia Goodman for Entrepreneur magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. Image credit: Shutterstock * * * Every startup and small…

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An Interview of Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard

March 13, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt (i.e. introduction and two Q&As) from an interview of Columbia Business School Dean Glenn Hubbard, conducted by David A. Byrne, for Poets & Quants, an online source that covers all that matters in the business…

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Why the Best Managers Ask the Most Questions

February 21, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from an article written by Nadia Goodman for Entrepreneur magazine. To read the complete article, check out others, and obtain subscription information, please click here. image credit: Shutterstock *     *     * When your employees…

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Dan Pink on “the puzzle of innovation”: A TED video

September 7, 2012

I check out TED videos every chance I get because they comprise a treasury of information, insights, and wisdom provided by thought leaders in one or more of three fields: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Dan Pink has much of value to say about all…

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