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How to Communicate in Times of Crisis

Marshall Goldsmith

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. And, this extends even to those who make honest mistakes by pushing just a little too far.

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Are You Addicted To Tools And Allergic To Work?

Tim Milburn

I have the same love affair with productivity and organizational tools as I do with hammers, drills, and mitre saws. No matter how fancy the hammer, you just need something to pound a nail. Downloading the latest productivity software is not the same as being productive. photo credit: Seditious Canary via photopin cc.

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

Terry Starbucker

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! It was a two week project, and it was one of the longest two weeks of my life. I have absolutely no aptitude for carpentry. Because numbers I could work with.

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Why Rational People Can’t Succeed as Economic Forecasters

Harvard Business Review

Download this podcast. That sounds a lot like Philip Tetlock’s hedgehogs and foxes , where the people who keep hammering at it and don’t care if their forecasts are wrong are more likely to be wrong. I interviewed Friedman about his book for an HBR Ideacast , which you can listen to below. There’s a lot of failure in your book.