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Pain vs. Suffering

CaseInterview.com

It has taken me nearly four decades to learn the following distinction between pain versus suffering. Pain does not feel good. Suffering does not feel good. If you’re enduring pain for a purpose, it tends to become a “growing pain” — the TEMPORARY pain of going through an awkward stage of life or career.

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The Gift of Failure

Consulting Matters

Most people start at the contractual worldview and this worldview works until it is tested with inevitable failure and suffering. But when failure and suffering hits, it creates a crisis – we assume that we simply didn’t follow the principles well enough. We believe that someone or something failed us. The Bottom-Line.

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Want to Start a Consulting Business? 10 Reasons Why You Should!

Consulting Matters

My contracts looked more like the "statements of work" we might have used at Disney where I got paid for my time vs. my contribution. It may seem riskier to have your own business vs. the comforts of a steady paycheck, but let's be real.How much security is there in the corporate world today? I landed clients strictly from referrals.

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Pain Trade, Treasury Bears, Margin Calls

MishTalk

Thanks, Rob Bond Market vs. Equities Generally I stay away from short-term prognosis. Pain Trade Blooberg reports Biggest Pain Trade Gives 37% Loss to Bond Bears Getting It Wrong. Treasuries are suffering a 10.7 Treasuries are suffering a 10.7 Do you think margin calls would be made to any degree yet?

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Research: When Getting Fired Is Good for Your Career

Harvard Business

But our 10-year CEO Genome study of over 2,600 leaders showed almost half (45%) suffered at least one major career blow-up — like getting fired, messing up a major deal, or blowing an acquisition. We also hope this is useful research for everyone suffering from the fear of failure. Blaise Hayward/Getty Images.

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Fishing for Trout With Rope and Mashed Potatoes; Mentality of Jackasses; Gas Pains

MishTalk

Priorities vs. Solidarity Ukraine complained last month that reverse flows were running at far less than potential capacity; Hungary for example is sending only about 3 mcm, because its priority is to fill its own storage facilities in readiness for a stand-off with Russia. In essence it''s a big F*You to Ukraine.

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New York Times Asks Obama to Prosecute Cheney; Outsourced Torture

MishTalk

They are prohibited by federal law , which defines torture as the intentional infliction of “severe physical or mental pain or suffering.” In November 2002, one detainee who was chained to a concrete floor died of “suspected hypothermia.” These are, simply, crimes.

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