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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 1:12:55 PM
Early in my career, I had an a-ha moment that made me feel silly in retrospect and smarter from then on. I realized that I had been using the words “skepticism” and “pessimism” interchangeably—and that was hurting me.
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 1:10:29 PM
What to say when someone makes a mistake? THERE'S A COMMON CHOICE that team leaders make that causes them to "lose" their team. It's the choice...
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 1:07:54 PM
These 4 things will help you deal with misunderstandings at work and get work done A FEW YEARS AGO, I was in a cab in Moscow on a book-writing...
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:48:59 PM
Mark Tigan, civil servant of the village of Winooski, Vermont, was thirty-two years old when the president of the United States called to shut him...
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:47:33 PM
Apple Computers is well-known for minimalist product design; its notebook computers are carved from a single block of aluminum to eschew seams....
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:45:26 PM
Here’s a question: Would Beyonce have gotten to where she is without Jay-Z?
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:43:05 PM
Early in my career, I got some advice from a CEO I looked up to:
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:41:18 PM
Let's talk about the phrase “take at face value” for a moment. In dictionary terms, it means “to accept something as it appears, without looking for...
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:40:12 PM
In the late 1950s, the Chinese leader Mao Zedong launched a campaign to get rid of four types of pests he deemed responsible for the “transmission of...
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Shane Snow: Jan 15, 2023 12:39:31 PM
Here's a classic business blunder:
