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James Dyson: The Ever-Tinkering Engineer

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His do-it-yourself project worked, and the first cyclonic bagless vacuum was born. I learned I would have to introduce the technology myself.” Though the Ballbarrows failed, Dyson had a new idea. At home, he fashioned a miniature cyclone out of cardboard and duct tape and attached it to his Hoover in place of the bag.

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Ann Hiatt on What It Takes to Be an Executive Assistant

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In 2002, Ann Hiatt was fresh out of college, starting her first post-university job supporting Jeff Bezos’ at Amazon in Seattle. After three years working with Jeff, on projects ranging from hiring helicopters, to writing TED talks, to helping with massive product launches, she took the lessons she’d learned at Amazon to a Ph.D.

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7 Strategies To Attract And Retain Top Talent

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And research indicates leaders tend to be way too confident about the quality of their decisions. . Google discovered this to its chagrin in 2002, when it launched an experiment by getting rid of all bosses. We tend to favor those who are similar to us and offer them jobs. My own clients report the same findings.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

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in his 2002 best-selling book, Authentic Happiness. An adopted identical twin has as much chance at being similar in temperament to the twin he never met as he does to his adoptive family,” explains Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project. A Positive Psychology technique to try: Start with small, immediate positive projections.

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