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Here are ten of my favorite Buffett quotations: o It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results. o What we learn from history is that people don’t learn from history. o Chains of habit are too…
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The TED organization offers a set of videos that offer a feast to those who are passionate about personal growth and professional development. Ann Landers once observed, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.” Here’s good news: All TED…
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In his latest book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Greg McKeown affirms the value of becoming and then remaining an essentialist, one who is committed “to the relentless pursuit of less but better. It does not mean occasionally giving…
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Before I began some research on the subject, I did not know that, until Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, laborers who chose to participate in parades to celebrate anything had to forfeit a day’s wages. I am…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Ben Casnocha for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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I recently re-read Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future, written with Blake Masters, in which Peter Thiel identifies “four lessons that entrepreneurs learned from the dot-com crash, lessons [formulas] that still guide business thinking…
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Here is an excerpt from an article written by Chiara Criscuolo for Harvard Business Review and the HBR Blog Network. To read the complete article, check out the wealth of free resources, obtain subscription information, and receive HBR email alerts,…
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In his eponymous work, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer matters and his comments also apply to other authors such as Sophocles, Dante, Shakespeare, Tolstoy, and Joyce. Nicolson suggests, “Homer matters because Homer, in a godlike way, understands what mortals do…
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Organizations are often run according to “the superchicken model,” where the value is placed on star employees who outperform others. And yet, this isn’t what drives the most high-achieving teams. Business leader Margaret Heffernan observes that it is social cohesion…
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Stephen Colbert: A Definitive Profile
Here is a brief excerpt from an article by Dave Itzkoff for The New York Times in which he discusses Stephen Colbert who begins as the new host of CBS’s Late Show on Tuesday, September 8th. To read the complete…
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