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#1 The parable of the blind men and the elephant illustrates the fact that we can't ever truly understand reality as a whole. We can only ever grasp some fragments of it, and none of us have a grasp on reality as a whole.
#2 All beliefs are approximations because the whole of reality is unknowable. Any scientist will tell you this. beliefs may have some truth to them,...
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#1 The bulk of this book will teach you how to be a COO. You should first understand what a COO is, and what they do. Everything a COO does should be based on the pillars of Culture, Strategy and Change.
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#1 The asking approach changes the relationship between you and the person you're talking to, and it forces you to listen more intently. Asking questions also redefines your relationships with others.
#2 There are five key reasons to ask instead of tell: all the information is with the coachee, asking creates buy-in, asking empowers people, asking develops leadership...
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#1 The rise of strategy as the framework through which companies understand what they're doing and want to do has eclipsed any other change in the intellectual landscape of business over the past fifty years.
#2 The secret intellectual history of the new corporate world is as much about the challenges companies faced, from competing with the Japanese in the 1970s to...
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#1 The road to your goal may be a rough one, so it is important for you to be emotionally invested in the idea of reaching your goal. Your goal should be something you want, not something you need.
#2 If you can create the picture, and lock into it, the method of how it will be accomplished will come. Don't worry about whether you're comfortable with the idea or...
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#1 The only way to help a client do things better is to find out how and why they are doing them now. This means asking questions and listening to the answers. You'll quickly discover that the client can do a lot of your work for you.
#2 It is important to know what kind of next step you want to ask for at the conclusion of the meeting. The Next Step must be helpful,...
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#1 Inverse thinking is the process of thinking about a problem from an opposite perspective to discover new solutions and approaches. It can help you be wrong less often, which in turn will help you make better decisions.
#2 The concept of antifragile was introduced by financial analyst Nassim Nicholas Taleb. It refers to things that benefit from volatility, randomness,...
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#1 The purpose of this book is to provide managers, team leaders, consultants, and other practitioners with a practical tool for implementing the concepts in The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. I hope it is helpful to you and your team.
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#1 The first step to overcoming your knee-jerk reactions is to take a breath. It may be the hardest thing you do all day, but it will help you make the smartest choice in the moment.
#2 Meditation helps us resist our urges, which in turn helps us make better decisions and be more productive. It teaches us to resist the urge of counter-productive follow-through,...
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#1 Everything in life isn't always going to go according to plan. No matter how well-manicured your plans, they will still change. The Tao says it best: Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them, that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality.
#2 I was in Paris for my wife's fiftieth birthday. I had a secret agenda: to spend magical time...
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#1 The advice to just live your life can have a dark side: it can lead us to turn our back on our most sacred privilege, our ability to choose our own path. We must commit ourselves to the idea that there are more possibilities than we normally see, and then make the effort to choose the best one for us.
#2 When we feel trapped, we must choose to choose. We must commit...
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#1 The draw of what others are doing is so powerful that it can even influence organisms without a brain cortex. The phenomenon of social proof is not new, and it is used by governments to increase revenue collection.
#2 The UK tax letter example shows how social proof can be used to influence people to do something they might not normally do. By highlighting that most...
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#1 Every great business founder has an origin story. For Leslie Wexner, that story began in 1963 when he concluded that he could create a retail business that would achieve better results than the one run by his parents.
#2 Wexner's company, The Limited, was successful in its first year, enough to reduce his anxiety. He continued to grow the company by opening a new...
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#1 You hold in your hands information that can change your life. The information contained in this book can be the most important you ever gain. It can free you from money worries forever.
#2 You will never regret the time you spend reading and mastering the contents of this book. The instructions are easy to understand and simple to follow. Positive results are a certainty....
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#1 The age at which we're feeling self-consciously old is creeping into some people's thirties, with power cascading to the young in so many companies. The problem is that many of these young digital leaders are being thrust into positions of power without experience or guidance.
#2 The world is changing, and the workplace is changing with it. The more technology becomes...
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#1 The decision to have a child is not a matter of economics, data, or rationality. The decision to have a child is a wild problem. The decision to have a child is what I call a tame problem, one that can be solved by importing help from other challenges we've faced and solving them. But the big decisions in life, whether to marry, who to marry, whether to have children,...
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#1 The moment that launched my career was also one of the lowest points of it. I was working at Bain Company, a prestigious management consulting firm in New York City, because it seemed like what I was supposed to do. But six months before my contract was up for renewal, I was given negative feedback.
#2 I had been set on staying top bucket at Bain, but as I thought...
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#1 Blake had been with Dynastar for ten years, and he was finally ready to make a decision. He could stay with the company and hope for a bright future, or he could take an offer to be the CEO of a small business in a nearby community.
#2 Megan was not sure if she could trust Blake to lead the company, but she knew she could not lead a team of cross-functional employees....
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