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What Great Leaders Can Learn from Great Photographers

Harvard Business Review

Sam Abell falls into the latter camp of truly reflective practitioners. Abell has figured out that the way to get a great photograph is not to take it but to make it. Instead he learned to follow his dad’s advice: “Compose and wait, Sammy. Photo Credit: Sam Abell. They like to develop the skill in others.

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You’re Never Going to Be “Caught Up” at Work. Stop Feeling Guilty About It.

Harvard Business Review

Mark Rylance plays the spy Rudolf Abel. Imagine that you are giving advice to someone else who is in the situation that you are in — to a friend who is behind on several projects, say. You should be willing to give yourself the same advice. The fundamental question is whether these feelings are a good thing.

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The Great Collision

Harvard Business Review

If there is something like a brotherhood of man, too much blood has been spilled for one to believe that it doesn't often resemble Cain versus Abel. NB: If you want some simple life or biz advice, here's a tiny attempt. Here, I make no utopian call for a glorious revolution. But I do call for a revolt.

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