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The Einstellung Effect: Unlocking Your Potential To Deliver Breakthrough Success

Rich Gee Group

This effect is especially pronounced in high-performance environments, where the pressure to maintain success can reinforce reliance on tried-and-tested methods. The 4-Minute Mile Roger Bannister, the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, is a classic example of overcoming mental barriers and the Einstellung Effect.

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Recommended Resource – Getting to Yes

Strategy Driven

Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury About the Reference Getting to Yes : Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Roger Fisher and William Ury recognizes that professionals are in a frequent state of negotiation and provides them with the tools needed to achieve a desirable outcome.

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How to Nourish Your Team’s Creativity

Harvard Business Review

CEOs in a recent poll agreed that creativity is the most important skill a leader can have. Every leader is hoping for that next great idea, yet many executives still treat creative thinking as antithetical to productivity and control. One manages for creativity.” One manages for creativity.” Related Video.

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The Emotions That Make Us More Creative

Harvard Business Review

Artists and scientists throughout history have remarked on the bliss that accompanies a sudden creative insight. More poetically, Virginia Woolf once observed, “Odd how the creative power brings the whole universe at once to order.” ” But what about before such moments of creative insight?

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The Big Picture of Business – The Future Has Moved… and Left No Forwarding Address.

Strategy Driven

” Will Rogers. This is a creative way of re-treading old knowledge to enable executives to master change rather than feel as they’re victims of it. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.

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The Making of Legends

Strategy Driven

I emceed concerts with stars like Elvis Presley, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, The Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson Riddle, Dionne Warwick and Andre Previn. Please consider the environment before and after printing this article. Consider leaving a comment! All rights reserved.

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How to Create Remarkable Teams PART 2 – Collaboration

Ask Atma

1) Create a Learning Environment -. When human learning slows down, people tend to lose creative and problem solving capacity. The benefit of this kind of team activity, is the opening of one’s mind, and shared creative stimulus, which fosters innovation. Your dedication to creating a remarkable environment is crucial.

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