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3 Ways to Confront Economic Adversity in 2011

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Understanding and using time to overcome life’s challenges is a topic I cover extensively in my book, THE POWER OF ADVERSITY: Tough Times Can Make You Stronger, Wiser, and Better. The Power of Adversity: Tough Times Can Make You Stronger, Wiser, and Better. But as the saying goes, “ time heals all wounds…” .

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Holding Powerful & Arrogant Bosses Accountable

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Source: The New York Times, February 20, 2011. “This is the story of somebody who tried to set a company right. But it was frightening to them for me to shine the light from the inside out.”.

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Introverts and Extroverts

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The population is split pretty much evenly between introverts and extroverts, according to psychologist Laurie Helgoe, assistant clinical professor at the West Virginia School of Medicine and author of "Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength." Source: The Wall Street Journal, June 28, 2011. Laurie Helgoe Ph.D.:

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Are You Paying Attention to Social Cycles?

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The riots that ensued—propelled in part by anger over high food prices—drove Ben Ali from power and spread to Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, and Algeria. Hungary people riot because of lack of food and jobs which results in a political imbalance that changes governmental power centers. He died two weeks later. Prechter Jr.:

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What happens when business as usual is impossible?

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World economic losses to disasters totaled an estimated $380 billion in 2011, and nearly every major company now sets up detailed continuity and mitigation plans for everything from terrorist incidents and nuclear attacks to pandemics like bird flu. Downtown New York lost power for nearly a week.

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Pre-Employment Self Assessments

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Powerful computers and more sophisticated software have made it possible to evaluate more candidates, amass more data and peer more deeply into applicants' personal lives and interests. "The billion in 2011, up 15% from 2010, according to research firm Gartner. Personality tests have a long history in hiring. What's new is the scale.

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Google: Too Big and Out-of-Control

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They settled on an unusual power-sharing arrangement. Through the period of March of 2002 to March of 2011, my small executive coaching company, Signature, Inc., In 2001, Page and Brin hired their first CEO, Eric Schmidt, who had a Ph.D. As Schmidt describes it, "We've agreed that any major decisions the three of us agree." .