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Achieving Success Comes Down to One Thing: Connecting With People

Success

I think people struggle to reach their true potential because they’re quick to make comparisons—and “comparison is the thief of joy,” after all. Your teaching methods, clothes, the booger in your nose during allergy season—all of it. Be curious. You’ll connect with all types of people this way.

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From the Archives: The Ultimate Cost of Penny-Pinching

Success

He believes that a suit of clothes and a necktie should be worn until they are threadbare. Everywhere, we see people wearing seedy, shabby clothes; stopping at cheap, noisy hotels or boarding houses; and sleeping on uncomfortable beds. Power is the goal of the highest ambition.

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Podcast 094: Know your end point

Clutter Coach

You’ve got the right gear and the right clothes on. It’s not a totally fair comparison because, as far as I know, there aren’t any races without set finish lines. You know how much water to bring, again so you have enough to get through the race without stress.

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Francis Ngannou Is the Reigning UFC Heavyweight Champion, But That’s Not What Makes His Story Worth Telling

Success

I’m also wary of suggesting that, considering all that Ngannou’s been through, surely you can overcome whatever small-by-comparison challenges are in your way, because it feels like a cheaply condescending way to sum up someone’s life. But I just kept listening for that thing I felt comfortable labeling as inspiration.

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Give customers what they want

Service Untitled

In comparison, who isn’t complaining about increased bag fees, and in the case of Continental Airlines, the complimentary in-flight meals canceled with a rise in fares makes the travel experience worse and worse. In a local woman’s clothing store boutique, the owner is now offering free alterations for the next few months.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Impact of poor customer service.

Service Untitled

It will be interesting to observe, especially after the last comparison of Myer customer service was compared to a Kmart level of customer service. According to The Australian , the company now plans to spend $100 million over the next four years to improve their customer service. Will it work?

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We are not blank slates and we don’t adapt to change in predictable ways

Workplace Insight

It bears some comparisons with Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society by Nicholas A Christakis which offered a wide-ranging look at how people and their societies and environments are shaped by their innate and sometimes unchangeable characteristics.

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