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How to Communicate in Times of Crisis

Marshall Goldsmith

Have you heard the saying “the cover up is worse than the crime”? In crisis, you want to say as much as you know, but no more than that, because you will get hammered if you do not state the facts. Build a following around your ideas, download your free 42-page Stand Out self-assessment to learn how. This doesn’t work.

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My Dad Built a Garage, And I Got A Lesson Of A Lifetime

Terry Starbucker

Much love Dad, always, and thanks for passing along that half-full glass) I was 14 years old, and growing up in Wisconsin. In my hands, a hammer was a dangerous tool capable of putting holes where holes shouldn’t be, and bashing fingers into submission. I didn’t need a hammer! Keep it up, Terry.

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Why Rational People Can’t Succeed as Economic Forecasters

Harvard Business Review

What follows are edited excerpts from that and a post-Ideacast conversation. Download this podcast. The people who doubt ultimately will fail, because when they get a prediction wrong they’ll throw up their hands, they’ll say their model was wrong. There’s a lot of failure in your book.