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Think Like a Child: What We Lose with Age (and How to Get It Back)

Success

They learn to step back and view problems, people and things from a completely different point of view.”. Our ability to learn new things is another primary positive characteristic we lose over time, says Alison Gopnik, a professor of psychology and affiliate professor of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Queer Eye’s Bobby Berk on Designing a Space—and Life—That Makes You Happy

Success

A guiding principle behind the book was that he didn’t simply want to create an expensive design book that would limit who could learn about design. “I You know, the best lessons in life that you can learn are failures. Berk credits that success with “selling yourself, not necessarily your skills.”

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Life Missions with LifeHack

Productivityist

Do you still think that goal setting is important? Aren’t people tired of setting goals? We don’t just call them goals: we instead call them life missions. The right skills and the right mindset can help with this. So, what happens if people fail to reach a goal? This is known as a progress or growth mindset.

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Q&A for Productivityist

Productivityist

Do you still think that goal setting is important? Aren’t people tired of setting goals? We don’t just call them goals: we instead call them life missions. The right skills and the right mindset can help with this. So, what happens if people fail to reach a goal? This is known as a progress or growth mindset.

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Is College Still Worth It?

Success

Yet college—in the traditional sense of a bachelor’s degree from a four-year institution of higher learning that a student pursues full time on campus—is still imaginatively linked with the supposed American Dream and assumed to be the one and only road to success. Here’s a head-scratcher. Reinventing apprenticeships. It’s a clear win-win.

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Tips for Saying “No!” the Nice Way

Stephanie LH Calahan

You Could Be Setting Yourself Back by Saying “Yes” When you say “yes” to things that are not your real priority, you take time away from focusing on what is essential for you and your goals. Agreeing to help out shouldn't mean that you have to learn an entirely new set of skills.

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Pauline Roussel CEO at Coworkies and Co-author of “Around The World in 250 Coworking Spaces” | Driving Collaboration: How Coworking Spaces Foster Connections in Work Communities

Allwork

Discover how coworking spaces can unlock opportunities for interaction and cooperation, leading to a vibrant and interconnected network that supports entrepreneurs and professionals in achieving their goals. But the official start of the coworking as a movement was in 2005 in San Francisco.