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What Is a Growth Mindset vs. Fixed Mindset?

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A fixed mindset is one that assumes a person’s habits, preferences, skills and even longings are fixed, perhaps even innate. This mindset restrictively inhibits people from self-improvement and learning new skills. Through her 2006 book, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success , Carol Dweck, Ph.D., What is a growth mindset?

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Picking up skills along the EA career path

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I worked hard at that job and was rewarded with a promotion to Account Manager in 2006, yay! The Account Manager role was a little side step along my career path but required the same skills I would need in my next role as a PA and Administrative Manager. Just think how many of these skills we as Executive Assistants still use today!

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All Successful Leaders Have This Type of Intelligence in Common, According to Psychologist Adam Bandelli

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Drawing on years of research and personal experience, he outlines the essential skills that will teach you how to build life-changing relationships: Why emotional intelligence isn’t enough. Master these 5 skills. If you’ve never heard of relational intelligence before, you may be thinking it’s the same as emotional intelligence (EQ).

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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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After receiving his diagnosis in August 2006, Lester went through treatment, worked his way back into the major leagues and pitched—and won—a World Series game. His rigorous and dedicated practice habits were no longer just about honing a skill—they were about reclaiming a part of himself. “Instead, I asked how we get rid of this.

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Experts Say You Probably Don’t Really Know How to Brainstorm

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IBM conducts online brainstorming “jams”—the 2006 event had more than 150,000 participants from 104 countries that led to 10 promising ideas, the company says. Even the most carefully structured brainstorming session will fizzle, not sizzle, however, without a skilled facilitator. It’s a learned skill,” Segal says.

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Science Fiction To Reality: How Anti-aging Drugs Will Upend The Future Of Work

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While the full repercussions of a longer-living workforce are still to be imagined, the idea of prolonging human life using anti-aging drugs has been tossed around for years. In 2006, an NBC article discussed the topic: “For most people, living longer will inevitably mean more time spent working.

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Looking Forward – Skills to Learn for 2011 and Beyond?

Office Dynamics

Consider taking on learning these new skills: Foreign Language: Learn Spanish. I have a hunch it is going to be THE most important skill in the next twenty years, not just for administrative professionals - but all professions. area and operates the blog, Super PPN (or Paid Professional Nudge) since APW 2006.

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