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Establishing and maintaining trust in your relationships takes an ongoing effort. Here are 3 ways to take a step back to move forward. Healthy relationships are built on a foundation of trust. The benefit of the doubt is the most powerful tool for establishing and maintaining trust in any important relationship, whether it be with customers or personal relationships. But what is the benefit of the doubt? Merriam-Webster defines the benefit of the doubt as "the state of accepting something/someone as honest or deserving of trust even though there are doubts." There are fundamental reasons for giving someone the benefit…
Bianca Voss reeled in shock when her daughter, Roberta, told her the results of the 23andMe genetic test she took last fall. It indicated that the fertility doctor who had artificially inseminated Voss in 1983, enabling her to give birth to Roberta, had secretly used his own semen. "I am angry that I was violated in this manner," Voss said during a late May online news conference to announce a federal lawsuit against the doctor, Martin D. Greenberg, who worked in New York City during the 1980s and now lives in Aventura, Florida. "How could I have picked such a…
'Black Swan' author Nassim Taleb's simple approach will help you strip away the clutter to make smart decisions--without all the second-guessing. A few years ago, I had multiple offers from major publishers to write the book that eventually became The Motivation Myth. While that sounds like an author's dream (and it was), still: I was conflicted. The year before I had self-published a collection of existing columns. My upfront costs totaled around $500. My margins ranged from 70 percent (Amazon) to over 90 percent (Gumroad). Because of the (then) reach of being a LinkedIn Influencer, I sold tens of thousands…
Is 650 yuan ($101, £72) enough to cover a day's meals? Not according to Su Mang, the former editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar China, whose comments about it while on a reality TV show enraged Chinese social media. "We have to eat better, I cannot eat with such low standards," she added on the show 50km Taohuawu, which has 15 celebrities living together for 21 days. Appalled by her comments, netizens pointed out that their own daily meal allowance is usually less than 30 yuan. Although Ms Su, known as "China's Devil Wears Prada", has since clarified that it was all…
Sunday, 06 June 2021 05:27

How to argue productively

You need to show your work All of us have found ourselves in a disagreement with someone else. Maybe it was in the business world or in your personal life. That might be particularly true given our recent election or might even be something you're concerned about in terms of confronting family members in the upcoming holiday season. Regardless of the circumstances, getting into an argument with someone else can feel emotionally draining. You just can't understand why the other party doesn't see the issue the way you do. It can get so bad that at times, it can put…
This time last year, flying seemed like a risky proposition. When I flew in July of 2020, I essentially looked like a beekeeper: two medical-grade face masks, a face shield, and a value-sized tub of sanitizing wipes and gel. It was a lot, and sitting next to strangers in the thick of a pandemic was an unnerving experience. But that’s all starting to change. Now that a significant portion of the population has been vaccinated, a number that’s growing each and every day, people are taking to the skies again. But air travel looks and feels different than it did…
Steve Denning When even a Stanford University professor like Jeffrey Pfeffer concludes that “the leadership industry has failed,” some critics are tempted to ditch the whole idea of leadership, as so much overblown nonsense. This would be a mistake. In a time of accelerating disruption, the art and science of enabling change is more important than ever. Three sets of tools are available to those aspiring to induce change: inspiration, information and power, as shown in Figure 1. Leaders need to master all three, if they are to be effective. The Growing Role Of Leadership In Management Once we get…
Expletives can be (darned) effective, adding emphasis and meaning. Under the right circumstances, of course. Dick was the prototypical Fortune 500 plant manager. Polished. Professional. Buttoned-up. Every gesture contained, every statement considered. If he experienced negative emotions, he certainly never displayed them to us. Except for one time. Our plant manufactured books. (At the time, around 140 million books a year.) A small error --a scrap of tape was accidentally left on a piece of film -- meant several words were obscured on one page. While that doesn't sound like a big deal, over 100,000 books got bound and boxed…
Damien Cave, Emma Bubola & Choe Sang-Hun All over the world, countries are confronting population stagnation and a fertility bust, a dizzying reversal unmatched in recorded history that will make first-birthday parties a rarer sight than funerals, and empty homes a common eyesore. Maternity wards are already shutting down in Italy. Ghost cities are appearing in northeastern China. Universities in South Korea can’t find enough students, and in Germany, hundreds of thousands of properties have been razed, with the land turned into parks. Like an avalanche, the demographic forces — pushing toward more deaths than births — seem to be…
If one broken link in your routine throws off your entire day, it's time to shift your perspective. A friend followed the same morning routine every weekday for almost two years. Alarm at 5:25 a.m. Eat some apple slices placed in the refrigerator the night before, chug a bottle of water, stretch and warm up for 5 minutes, and hop on the Peloton at 5.45 for a 45-minute class. He was so into his routine, he even had a name for it: "45 at 45." Then a pedal on the bike broke. He needed to replace the crank arm. He…
January 24, 2025

The billion-dollar mistake: Why failed plans create more success stories than perfect ones

Andrea Zanon Discover why failed plans often lead to greater success than perfect ones. Learn…
January 22, 2025

Nigerians compose music, throw lavish party celebrating Trump’s inauguration

On Monday, an unnamed group of Northern Nigerians led by Jamilu Majia and Adams Funtua…
January 19, 2025

3 reasons it's hard to make friends as you get older

When I first moved to New York City, it took me about a year to…
January 25, 2025

Boy scolded for not doing homework reports dad to police for drug use

A 10-year-old boy reprimanded by his father for not completing his homework took revenge on…
January 26, 2025

Nigerian man admits to $6m fraud scheme targeting elderly Americans

Okezie Ogbata, a 36-year-old Nigerian national, has pleaded guilty in a Florida district court to…
January 26, 2025

Here’s the latest as Israel-Hamas war enters Day 478

Four Israeli soldiers swapped for 200 Palestinians; north Gaza shut over hostage still held Hamas…
January 26, 2025

The only person in the world with a functioning pig organ is thriving after crossing…

An Alabama woman passed a major milestone Saturday to become the longest living recipient of…
January 08, 2025

NFF appoints new Super Eagles head coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach…

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