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You're only as smart as your thinking tools. Here are twenty-five tools, drawn from different professions, you can apply to your most difficult challenges!

Quartz is a guide to the new global economy for people in business who are excited by change. We cover business, economics, markets, finance, technology, science, design, and fashion.

Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. Are you a soldier, prone to defending your viewpoint at all costs -- or a scout, spurred by curiosity? Julia Galef examines the motivations behind these two mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France. When your steadfast opinions are tested, Galef asks: "What do you most yearn for? Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?"

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Product value is hard to define. Is it determined by profits and costs, or is it about user benefits and outcomes? And once we’ve agreed on what it means,

Our career path is how we spend our time, how we support our lifestyles, how we make our impact, and even sometimes how we define our identity. Let’s make sure we’re on the right track.

Our lives are full of decisions, and bad ones can lead to regret. New Scientist helps you make up your mind

What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.

Explore the first ever forest soundmap of the world.

Like all animals, we know what we need. Nourishment, safety, sex. Our needs are limited. Instinctual. Natural. And in today’s world – almost guaranteed. Our wants, on the other hand, are more complex. Whimsical. Time-consuming. We create them by choosing from a menu of possibilities that changes along with our environment. And boy, has our environment changed. For millennia, we foraged in the wild. Today, we’re being suffocated by abundance.

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Tally Pro offers empowering features tailored to the advanced needs of teams and creators.

Wholebeing Happiness A Mini Workbook on SPIRE: The Five Perspectives of Well-Being by Megan McDonough

On March 23, 1839, the initials “O.K.” are first published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for “oll korrect,” a popular slang misspelling

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. Search across a wide variety of disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions.

During the Denkproducties seminar 'Purpose Driven Leadership' Simon Sinek talked about how to start a cultural transformation in your organization. The biggest mistake that companies make when trying to make cultural transformations is treating it like a marketing campaign. There's a model you can use to help make big changes from starting small. More information: denkproducties.nl/experts/simon-sinek

Sadhguru: "Once you really taste what it is, you can't be without it." Sadhguru on being alone. Also watch: WATCH THIS EVERY DAY AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE: https://youtu.be/mljD6utxBlM Watch THIS to Never Suffer in the Future | Sadhguru: https://youtu.be/SpEZpMTctn0 How to Become a Wonderful Human Being in 12 Months | Sadhguru: https://youtu.be/IBKqZEtKR4Q #sadhguru

Businesses need to stop cutting labor costs and start investing in people, says social impact investor Warren Valdmanis. In this perspective-shifting talk, he breaks down the essential ingredients of a "good" job -- which is more than just the size of a paycheck -- and shares why they're key to building great companies. Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. The TED Talks channel features the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. You're welcome to link to or embed these videos, forward them to others and share these ideas with people you know. Become a TED Member: http://ted.com/membership Follow TED on Twitter: http://twitter.com/TEDTalks Like TED on Facebook: http://facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: http://youtube.com/TED TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com

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What is a Product One-Pager?

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This video shows the borders and populations of each country in Europe, for every year since 400 BC.Vassal states and colonies are not included in the count ...

Six strategies for managers.

Heinz has been linked to the number 57 for more than a century. The company's "57 varieties" slogan was a key part of its early strategy to attract consumers. It's still featured on Heinz ketchup bottles today and is central to the brand's identity.

Creating personas helps you understand your users’ needs, experiences, behaviours and goals. Learn more about how they help you create great user experiences.

When it comes to user interface design, often the best way to learn is to analyse the mistakes of sites you hate using. Sites that have bad UI design.

Having a clearly articulated set of user interface design principles will make you a better designer, not constrain your creativity.

Design Systems can be a big win for accessibility if you do it right. Learn how you can make your components and colors accessible.