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When it comes to work stress, the best thing you can do is pretend you’re someone else.

How do you give feedback to a CEO who’s twice your age? I was 25, a new professor called in as a last-ditch, Hail Mary effort to save a dying company. They had already fired three consultants, so why not try me? The CEO had been leading longer than I’d been alive.

Sensitivity to other people’s emotions helps relationships; you can learn to be better at it.

The trick to managing people smarter than yourself is not as complicated as you might think.

“If the rabble continues to occupy itself with you, then simply don’t read that hogwash, but rather leave it to the reptile for whom it has been fabricated.”

It’s a paradox: Shouldn’t the most accomplished be well equipped to make choices that maximize life satisfaction?

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Detailed head to head comparison of the current top 2015 cloud CRM packages, including: Nimble, Pipeline Deals, Contactually, Salesforce, Zoho, and more.

David Marquet led a distinguished career in the United States' Submarine Force, culminating in command of the nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine USS Santa...

Sure, you can use Photoshop to make your photos seem surreal, but could you do it only with your camera? These guys will show you how.

Schools claim to teach it; voters lionize it. But we know surprisingly little about how it works.

An important life lesson is revealed by an unlikely source.

Precedents matter. What you do and say early on in a relationship (romantic or business) sets the expectation; hard to change. (via @ramit) — Ben Casnocha (@bencasnocha) October 12, 2015 I made a note of this tweet from Ben Casnocha...

Toys can help children learn to be thankful for what they have.

Have you ever wished you could eradicate the ums and ahs right out of your conversation and especially your public presentations? Turns out those verbal fillers may play an important role in establishing trust, according to this Slate magazine article by Michael Erard: “…’uh’ and ‘um’ don’t deserve

Read up on the top 100 productivity improvement hacks that will give you the ability to crush it like a boss at work, school, and in everyday life!