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Ready to Sharpen Your Mind?

Chad Barr

I asked you to think about your ability to quickly respond to key questions in your area of expertise. This has created a remarkable phenomena that enables me now to quickly respond to any question or challenge I am being asked or face while stretching my mind and helping others and of course myself. © Chad Barr 2012.

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2 Time-Tested Keys to Becoming a Successful Consultant

Consulting Success

Whatever I have set my mind to, and really wanted, I have achieved. The reality is that your ability to consult doesn’t mean you will be a successful consultant. The reality is that your ability to consult doesn’t mean you will be a successful consultant. I had enrolled in the Asian Studies Program.

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Mental Models: Building Blocks for Strategic Decisions

Tom Spencer

Mental models are tools for the mind that are built on the foundations of physics, biology, math, psychology, as well as history and economics. You can think of mental models as tools in your mental toolbox. The more problems you can solve, the greater your ability to surmount obstacles. What are Mental Models?

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(Value Stream) Map Your Way to a Better Post-Covid Future

Markovitz Consulting

After all, if you’re walking to the starting line while your competitors are already settled into the blocks, you’ll never catch up. At some point, the COVID pandemic will pass, whether that’s due to a vaccine, a 2-minute test, or herd immunity. Both companies are already seeing benefits in the form of lower costs and shorter lead times.

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How to Manage Your Star Employee

Harvard Business

Managing your star performers should be no sweat, right? Having a supremely talented employee on your team is a boss’s dream. You need to make sure your star has enough on her plate to stay fully engaged — but not so much that she gets burned out. ” Everyone on your team “deserves to be developed.”

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How to Apply for a New Job After You’ve Been Fired

Harvard Business

How should your résumé reference the previous position, or should you even include it? And how can you go into the application process feeling positive about your prospects? Looking for a job is never easy, and it can be even more nerve-wracking after your confidence has been through the wringer. What the Experts Say.

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10 Life Productivity Hacks

Tom Spencer

Use Your Phone with Discipline. With so many social platforms like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Fishbowl, your phone can destroy your focus for the day. Checking your phone when you don’t plan to is a bad sign. It is almost a guarantee that you will check your phone multiple times later on.