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How to Assert Your Power in Difficult Situations

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They use Casciaro’s new book, Power For All: How It Really Works and Why It’s Everyone’s Business (co-authored with Julie Battilana), to explain confusing yet common power struggles. Knowingly or unknowingly, you’re asserting your power through the act of helping others. Learn everything you can about human nature.

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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The woman stepped back, said, “Well, I guess now we have a director,” meaning that Fanning had finally shown she had the assertiveness necessary for the job, and walked out. She had discovered the power of asserting herself and, in doing so, freed herself from being bullied, backstabbed or stepped on. It’s not an easy rut to escape.

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Matt Richtel’s New Book Explores the Emotional Balance Between Creativity and Stability

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Most scholars would answer this question with an obvious ‘yes,’ asserting that creativity is the engine of scientific discovery and the fundamental driving force of positive change. Adapted from the book INSPIRED: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the So ul by Matt Richtel. Nuff said. .

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Hustle Culture Is Over. Slow Productivity Is the Way to Meaningful Work

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That’s what New York Times bestselling author Cal Newport does for us in his new book, Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout. Newport’s book is a response to blatant and subtle callouts from his readers and followers, as well as his own family. Hustle culture is not the answer. Slow productivity is.

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Recognizing Our Patterns with Chuck Wisner

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This week on Brilliant Thoughts with Tristan Ahumada , Wisner asserts that our stories are not our truths. His book is called The Art of Conscious Conversations. But these are stories that we adopt through our families, culture and experiences, which can make them self-limiting, Chuck Wisner says.

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The 4 Keys to Effectively Dealing With a Bad Boss

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Deal with the issue, but do so professionally, tactfully and assertively in writing. I read a lot of leadership books. Stay assertive. The next time you draft a scathing email in response to a negative situation, read it (it’s cathartic, trust me). Then breathe, delete it and start over. Stay passionate.

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When Hybrid Work Just Becomes Work

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The implications of Bloom’s assertion are wide and profound. Such a point of view, even if it is future-of-work prognostication, underscores a fundamental insight about which much of the workplace industrial complex (WIC) is in denial. The building will have little-to-no office space.