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Antidotes for the Pessimism Plague

The Practical Leader

Since LinkedIn has become such a widely used professional network (nearly 800 million members), we’ve moved The Leader Letter to LinkedIn’s Newsletter platform. The Leader Letter will now become a “try-weekly” — I’ll try to post a weekly article. We’re here to tell you about some of them.

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10 Simple Brain Tricks That Will improve Your Memory

Lead from Within

But like all skills, it has to be developed. Especially if you’re trying to remember a concept or index a number of things, “tag” your memories by developing a list of key words targeted to what you’re working to remember. Patterns of letters, ideas, or associations can greatly assist memory.

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Think Like Amazon

Skip Prichard

Leadership Tip: Unwillingness to change is a dangerous mindset with sharp limitations. But it’s a dangerous mindset with sharp limitations. Develop a Customer Obsession. Just read the 1997 Shareholder Letter he wrote. It’s completely understandable if you’re successful and don’t want to change. Let’s jump to idea 21.

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How to Lead Like a Pig

Next Level Blog

Check Your Sense of Humor:  That hair trigger, quick witted, maybe sharp tongued sense of humor that gets you a lot of laughs when you’re out with your friends doesn’t play so well when you’re the senior leader. Post another comment The letters and numbers you entered did not match the image. Please try again.

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Twitter Weekly Highlights for 2011-03-25

Tanveer Naseer

Why I Won’t Read Your Cover Letter by @ greatonthejob (via @ CornOnTheJob ) [link] # career #jobsearch #. Then his hair can be as sharp + distinct as his blog posts! RT @ Leadershipwatch : Organization Development – The True Meaning of ‘People come First’ : [link] # orgdev #. RT @ Sally_G : Yes! Thanks Jack!

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Employee Offer Letter Sample Templates

HR Digest

It's time for the employers to develop a job offer which tempts the selected candidate to accept the job position and roles and responsibilities associated with it on the pay scale mentioned to them. However, the details of the job offer are sent to the selected candidate through an employee offer letter either through email or fax or mail.

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Thank You For Your Service (My Proudest Guest Post Ever!)

Mills Scofield

tool knife from the rig on my body armor and let the pristinely sharp blade slice effortlessly through the tape and label—while being ever so careful to avoid harming whatever wonders lay inside. Enough examination of the outside of the package—time to figure out what it contained! I drew my standard-issue Gerber?tool