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Should People with Grit Ever Give Up?

Success

Having grit doesn’t mean never giving up; it means not giving up on our long-term goals. And sometimes the best way to achieve our long-term goals may be to give up on unproductive short-term goals. Recognizing how our goals line up can help us know when to quit and when to persist. We get stuck in a sunk cost trap.

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

Success

But some workplace experts are speaking up and encouraging employees to do just the same in 2024; perhaps the only “resolution” you will need this year is some real talk. She asks people to examine the costs of staying silent: “We unlearn being silent by recognizing and wrestling with the silence we’ve learned.

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Facing ‘Un-Retirement’: The Cost Of Living Is Forcing Retirees Back To Work

Allwork

What the survey found was that 69% of retirees who are un-retiring are doing so in order to combat the rising cost of living. . According to the BMO survey, 36% of survey respondents have reduced their savings, and 21% are putting away less for retirement in order to keep up with growing costs. .

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5 Ways To Save Money On Hiring Quality Talent In 2024

Allwork

Augmenting your staff with freelance talent can help your company to scale quickly while reducing labor and operations costs. In fact, Forbes reports that turnover rates are hiking up to 60%. It can help your company reduce labor and operations costs, while also meeting your business objectives.

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Overqualified and Interviewing

Office Dynamics

I knew with my experience and overqualifications the interview committee would want to know why I would be willing to take a pay cut and less work responsibilities. Be familiar with names of those interviewing you and department heads you’d work with. Ask questions during the interview.

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The SUCCESS Interview: Puneet Nanda on Disrupting Industries and Making Wellness Products Accessible for All

Success

So I decided, OK, if I can establish a supply chain that can help me get a very high-quality product at retail costs that are 10 times lower than what these guys at Young Living are selling, but still give the customer the same product, I hope that the customer would recognize it and give me some love. There were four castes.

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Business leaders who screw up struggle to own up and learn from their mistakes

Workplace Insight

To do so, the researchers conducted 21 in-depth interviews with CEOs and board chairs leading 900,000 people in large financial firms in Europe. The post Business leaders who screw up struggle to own up and learn from their mistakes appeared first on Workplace Insight. Leaders make errors, they are human too.

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