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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. The key, Abell learned, is not to chase its unfurling arc: “Let the rope come to you.” Photo Credit: Sam Abell. A sailor will toss a rope.

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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. Guilt is focused internally on the behavior someone has committed, while shame tends to involve feeling like you are a bad person, particularly in the context of bad behaviors that have become public knowledge. The fundamental question is whether these feelings are a good thing.

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