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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. Deirdre supported Dyson’s prototype habit with her modest salary as an art teacher. Though the Ballbarrows failed, Dyson had a new idea. James Dyson’s 15 years of struggle But the story is never as simple as its retelling.

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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. . Consider a study of managers in 20 Fortune 500 companies, which found men experiencing quicker career progress and getting better salaries. We tend to favor those who are similar to us and offer them jobs.

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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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