Commitment
Jason Segal on Breaking Ambitious (but Destructive) Cycles
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I am wrapping up one of the most ambitious twelve-month periods that I’ve ever experienced. Besides my job, which is both emotionally fulfilling and time
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Mindy Kaling’s Guide to Building Confidence
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Leaders are commonly asked, “Where do you get your confidence.” When I hear people try to answer this, there’s typically an air of humility – they pass
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Weekender: Bruce Lee on Focused Perseverance
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Welcome to another edition of leadersayswhat’s the Weekender, a bit of thought to start your weekend on the right track. Why just a bit?
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Ian McKellen on Creating Luck
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Can you pinpoint an instant when you were lucky? Like that time you were offered a substantial role in what was guaranteed to be a blockbuster movie, turned
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Development
Weekender: Lizzy Caplan on the Benefits of Rejection
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How often are you rejected? It may feel like a lot, but is it really? Is there a possibility that you aren’t use to being denied so, as a result, these
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Collaboration
How Do You Construct Your Reality? Chris Hardwick, Andy Samberg, and Filtering Criticism
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I am deviating today from my typical here-are-some-solutions article to pose a question. On the Nerdist podcast, Chris Hardwick and Andy Samberg were discussing
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Culture
George Burns on Seamlessly Replacing Members of Your Team
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A talented individual recently resigned from my organization. Where my typical first reaction is to dissect the culture for a diagnosis as to why she left
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Confidence
Mission (Not Quite) Impossible: Ethan Hunt on Direct Abstraction
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After successfully concluding a large-scale undertaking, I don’t typically feel like celebrating. Instead I sit back, pour a glass of bourbon, and think
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Sammy Hagar’s Rules of Success
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After writing on leadersayswhat for as long as I have, I am embarrassed that it has taken me this long to discuss Sammy Hagar. As one of my favorite musicians
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Know Why Amy Schumer is So Successful?
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Over the last few years, I’ve watched many of my friends and associates reach a pinnacle of success in their respective fields. At first, I unsuccessfully
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