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Is Giving Advice A Good Way To Boost Our Own Performance?

The Horizons Tracker

I’m sure most of us think that the act of giving advice is a selfless and worthwhile one, with the recipient eternally grateful for our wisdom. The study suggests that giving advice appears to help those doing the giving more than it does the recipients. Lessons to teach.

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Finding the Right Speed in an Ever-Faster World

The Practical Leader

This is solid life advice as well. If day after day of stressful racing around doesn’t manage to actually kill us before our time, it will kill our health, happiness, and effectiveness. I once sat through a scarily high-energy presentation given by a professor specializing in knowledge management.

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For the L of It: Living and Leading Above the Line

The Practical Leader

Speed Traps: Lead Smarter, Not Faster I once sat through an author’s frantic, high-energy presentation on knowledge management. He deluged us with a flood of statistics showing how the world’s knowledge was growing at mind-blowing rates. Beware of this lethal speed trap!

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Summer: A Season to Connect

Michael Lee Stallard

What is the best advice you received? Who are your heroes? Where did you go to college and what did you study? What events in your life shaped you as a person? Who has had the greatest impact on your life and why? These questions should give you plenty to talk about and help you strengthen your connection with the people you rely on at work.

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Burnout Results From Living in Conflict with Values

Michael Lee Stallard

My advice is to invite 2-3 people you trust and respect to meet with you, discuss your analysis and thoughts about how you might take action to close the values gaps. In “ How Peter Drucker Changed My Life &# I wrote about how Drucker’s writings affected my own career decisions. why is everyone smiling?

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To Impart Your Values

Michael Lee Stallard

I’m convinced that the remarkable reign of Queen Elizabeth I during England’s Golden Age is in no small measure due to the advice she received from her trusted, faithful and wise advisor Cecil. We need people in our lives who know our values and who will call us out when we are not living them. why is everyone smiling?

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What would Jack Bauer do?

Michael Lee Stallard

Michael Lee Stallard on May 3rd, 2010 Jeteye, Thanks for sharing your thoughts and Jefferson’s advice. Using that litmus test, I think MOST people would act differently if they knew the whole world was watching, then again I might be incorrect. Michael Posting your comment. why is everyone smiling?

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