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Impatiently Patient

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” The doctor smiled gently and said something that also doubles up as a life advice. But things that we build organically like health, finances, relationships, career etc. I asked him anxiously, “Will I be able to sleep tonight? Will these medicines relieve the soreness today ?” He said, “Mr.

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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

These 11 posts all hit a common nerve and went viral; it's no surprise that most of them contain advice about how to succeed and be happy at work. by Bill Taylor. The concept of reverse innovation applies in finance, as well. Important advice for smart people (and their parents and managers). Great People Are Overrated.

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3 Questions About AI That Nontechnical Employees Should Be Able to Answer

Harvard Business Review

Taylor Callery/Getty Images. For example, I manage the finances for a team that travels very often, and I’ve been grateful for the intelligent guesswork that my expenses software extracts from receipts using machine learning: the merchant’s name, the dollar amount spent, taxes, and likely expense categorization.

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What to Do After a Bad Performance Review

Harvard Business Review

When Denis Coleman was promoted from finance to management in a fast-growing electronics manufacturer, he didn’t have any experience leading a team. As a result, “I got more advice, more direction, more mentoring,” he says. Stephanie Barnes Taylor had recently transferred to the contracts division of a law firm in Atlanta.

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Five Good Reasons to Champion Auto-Analytics in Your Organization

Harvard Business Review

In heeding their advice today you can do a lot more than simply measure out your life with coffee spoons, to borrow a line from T.S. Frederick Taylor's early pig-iron experiments measured and improved factory worker performance. How do you quantify your life? Philosophers and poets have long suggested the benefits of quantification.