Issue 106 | Published June 5, 2013
Right or Kind? Navigating the Soft Skills Revolution
By Maxine Kamin
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “Do we care about talking to each other anymore, or are we settling for mostly texts, emails, tweets, and electronic quickies? [...] Let’s regroup and think about the advantages of face-to-face communication, what might get in the way, and types of skills that promote cooperation.”
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Your Time is Your Life—Invest it Well
By Elizabeth Grace Saunders
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “Now is a time of revolution—or perhaps more precisely evolution—in the world of personal productivity. Time management no longer offers sufficient support for people overwhelmed with the onslaught of responsibility and opportunity in today’s 24/7 world. The next step: Time Investment.”
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Jazz-Leadership
By Penelope Tobin
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “Traditional leadership has long looked like the orchestral conductor. But we’re living within a whirlwind of change, and the authoritarian individual, working to a fixed, detailed plan from a detached position of control, isn’t equipped to deal with it. [...] We need leadership in a new groove—jazz-leadership.”
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The First 20 Hours: Secrets of Rapid Skill Acquisition
By Josh Kaufman
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “I’m willing to wager there’s something in the back of your mind you’ve always wanted to learn how to do. [...] I have good news for you: picking up new skills is way easier than you think. Believe it or not, you can pick up the fundamentals of any new skill in about 20 hours.”
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Alternative Answers: The Class Divide in Investing, and How You Can Close It
By Bob Rice
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “A class system has developed among investors over the past few decades. Elite money managers have used a proprietary set of tools to ride economic cycles ... Meanwhile, the rest of us all thought that “investing” was synonymous with buying stocks and bonds ... Fortunately, times have changed.”
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How to Get Employees to Manage Themselves
By Cali Ressler & Jody Thompson
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “Employees don’t leave companies. They leave managers. [...] There has to be a better way to improve employee and manager relationships in order to maximize business success. The answer is simple. Manage the work, not the people.”
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Right or Kind? Navigating the Soft Skills RevolutionBy Maxine Kamin
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “Do we care about talking to each other anymore, or are we settling for mostly texts, emails, tweets, and electronic quickies? [...] Let’s regroup and think about the advantages of face-to-face communication, what might get in the way, and types of skills that promote cooperation.”
More
Your Time is Your Life—Invest it Well By Elizabeth Grace Saunders
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “Now is a time of revolution—or perhaps more precisely evolution—in the world of personal productivity. Time management no longer offers sufficient support for people overwhelmed with the onslaught of responsibility and opportunity in today’s 24/7 world. The next step: Time Investment.”
More
Jazz-LeadershipBy Penelope Tobin
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “Traditional leadership has long looked like the orchestral conductor. But we’re living within a whirlwind of change, and the authoritarian individual, working to a fixed, detailed plan from a detached position of control, isn’t equipped to deal with it. [...] We need leadership in a new groove—jazz-leadership.”
More
The First 20 Hours: Secrets of Rapid Skill Acquisition By Josh Kaufman
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “I’m willing to wager there’s something in the back of your mind you’ve always wanted to learn how to do. [...] I have good news for you: picking up new skills is way easier than you think. Believe it or not, you can pick up the fundamentals of any new skill in about 20 hours.”
More
Alternative Answers: The Class Divide in Investing, and How You Can Close It By Bob Rice
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “A class system has developed among investors over the past few decades. Elite money managers have used a proprietary set of tools to ride economic cycles ... Meanwhile, the rest of us all thought that “investing” was synonymous with buying stocks and bonds ... Fortunately, times have changed.”
More
How to Get Employees to Manage Themselves By Cali Ressler & Jody Thompson
Published June 5, 2013 12:00 p.m. - “Employees don’t leave companies. They leave managers. [...] There has to be a better way to improve employee and manager relationships in order to maximize business success. The answer is simple. Manage the work, not the people.”
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PROPOSALS
Stress as a Life-Style Issue
By: DrRae — June 11, 2013
The key to living with stress as a life-style issue is in how you feel about your self, and in the beliefs you have about... Risks, and rewards Success Who you are, and who you want to become What is right What you have ...
Voting ends July 11, 2013 (7 votes)
By: DrRae — June 11, 2013
The key to living with stress as a life-style issue is in how you feel about your self, and in the beliefs you have about... Risks, and rewards Success Who you are, and who you want to become What is right What you have ...
Voting ends July 11, 2013 (7 votes)
The Cult of Truth - How to bring Nirvana to Earth
By: Ema Martin — June 11, 2013
Today's social system is based on a sophisticated doctrine that influences all of the people's minds without them even knowing, through subconsciously making them give a bad name to the natural trend of men to reason and philosophi...
Voting ends July 11, 2013 (4 votes)
By: Ema Martin — June 11, 2013
Today's social system is based on a sophisticated doctrine that influences all of the people's minds without them even knowing, through subconsciously making them give a bad name to the natural trend of men to reason and philosophi...
Voting ends July 11, 2013 (4 votes)
Integrate or decay: Why you should only pursue compatible goals
By: John Vespasian — June 11, 2013
If you have the feeling of being overloaded with too much work and too many obligations, chances are that you are pursuing contradictory goals. Trying to go north and south at the same time will make you tired and lead you nowhere....
Voting ends July 11, 2013 (28 votes)
By: John Vespasian — June 11, 2013
If you have the feeling of being overloaded with too much work and too many obligations, chances are that you are pursuing contradictory goals. Trying to go north and south at the same time will make you tired and lead you nowhere....
Voting ends July 11, 2013 (28 votes)
The In-Between: How to Shut Up, Slow Down, and Embrace All Life Has to Offer
By: jeffgoins — June 11, 2013
Most of what matters in life doesn't come through big moments. Change happens gradually, over time. And the vehicle for our transformation is an unexpected one. We learn our greatest lessons from delays, setbacks, and inconvenience...
Voting ends July 11, 2013 (427 votes)
By: jeffgoins — June 11, 2013
Most of what matters in life doesn't come through big moments. Change happens gradually, over time. And the vehicle for our transformation is an unexpected one. We learn our greatest lessons from delays, setbacks, and inconvenience...
Voting ends July 11, 2013 (427 votes)
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