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How to Develop Mental Toughness

Skip Prichard

I love your chapter on “perfection to performance” and the advice to “stop the self-inflicted beatings.” Expectancy theory is a theory in psychology that is the basis for most of the work I do. Expectancy theory states “that which you focus on expands.” They concentrate on solutions, not problems.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

CO2

Participative leaders were those who show great concern for employees and use input and advice from these individuals when making decisions. A similar theory was proposed by Dr. Gary Yukl in 1971, with the leadership style being called delagative rather than participative. Not bad advice, no matter who you’re leading.

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The (Many) Things Macroeconomists Don't Know

Harvard Business Review

He regrets that economists didn't give him better advice. What Trichet said was that state-of-the-art macroeconomic theory was almost entirely useless in dealing with the crisis that began in 2007. Another quote: " Rational expectations theory has brought macroeconomics a long way.

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