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How To Handle Difficult People With Grace

Eight ways to stabilize and improve the situation

We are all connected. No matter how independent we are, we still interact with coworkers, family members, friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. These relationships range from outright pleasant to downright obnoxious. Any given relationship can vary. We’re emotional. We have good days. We have bad days. So does everybody else. When the relationship account balance […]

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The Only Way They Can Insult You

No one gets under your skin without permission

The American colonists took the British taunt “Yankee Doodle” and owned it. They didn’t let the song insult them.

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The Failed Bridge that Inspired a Simple Steel Band

Failures happen. What will you learn from them?

The Quebec Bridge collapsed twice while it was under construction. Could a simple steel band make sure something like that never happens again?

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How to Keep Pride from Becoming Your Weakness

Five Proven Strategies to Strengthen Your Relationships

Pride can be a good thing—a tool to reward growth and development. If you let it get out of hand, it will become your greatest weakness.

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Building Relationships One Deposit at a Time

Who Would You Cross Time and Space to Help?

Relationships take time to build. The more deposits you make, the stronger the emotional bank account grows.

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Take the Stairs One at a Time

Leadership of self is the first step

Taking the stairs one at a time will affect how everyone perceives you, including yourself.

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Live without Asterisks

Nothing undermines an accomplishment like a little star

Focus on being truly great, and let the accolades follow. Nothing undermines an accomplishment like a caveat in the footnotes.

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Wiping the Slate Clean After Making a Mistake

What Happened, Happened. The Important Part is What Happens Next

It’s not important that you made a mistake. That’s expected. What’s important is how you handle it.

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