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The Pandemic Sabotaged Our Decision-Making Abilities—Here’s How to Start Regaining That Self-Confidence

Success

What if a little audacity is exactly what we need to restore our confidence in our choices and reignite trust in ourselves? Making a list of facts vs. feelings is more effective than pros and cons to empower your assertiveness and avoid your next sticky scenario. Are these objective facts or subjective feelings ?

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Unlearning Silence in the Workplace: How to Speak Up at Work

Success

She asks people to examine the costs of staying silent: “We unlearn being silent by recognizing and wrestling with the silence we’ve learned. What have we experienced as the costs of speaking up in the past? What assumptions do we hold about where and when we’re allowed to speak up?

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Commercial real estate lending hits ten year low

Workplace Insight

European banks are finding it increasingly difficult to provide funding due to ECB regulations and implementation of Basel IV rules* as well as unfavourable currency movements between sterling and euro funding costs. Some lenders are more assertively protecting their positions on defaulted loans. ” Mid-year recovery?

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From the Archives: What It Means to Be a Precedent Breaker

Success

The new president was a young man of thirty-five, fearless, bold, self-confident, with no respect for a thing just because it was old or had been done or used before. England not long since sold thirty-one modern warships, which cost fifteen million dollars, for less than five per cent of what it cost to build them.

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Qualities Of A Great Assistant

Office Dynamics

Organization skills. Team player. Interpersonal communication skills. Detail oriented. Positive, can-do attitude. Ability to prioritize. Accountable. Trustworthy. Ability to remain calm under pressure. Excellent calendaring skills. Customer-service focused. Excellent time management skills. Good listener. Professional presence.

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Life Missions with LifeHack

Productivityist

In addition to coming up with a goal—say, to learn a programming language to be more assertive with your boss—it’s important to understand who you are, what makes you tick, and how you deal with others around you. Aren’t people tired of setting goals? We don’t just call them goals: we instead call them life missions. Good question.

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Q&A for Productivityist

Productivityist

In addition to coming up with a goal—say, to learn a programming language to be more assertive with your boss—it’s important to understand who you are, what makes you tick, and how you deal with others around you. Aren’t people tired of setting goals? We don’t just call them goals: we instead call them life missions. Good question.

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