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Making Setbacks Work For You

Tim Milburn

In Ambition: How We Manage Success and Failure Throughout Our Lives , Gilbert Brim observes that “sometimes we don’t know we are losing until the very end.” “But I have never had trouble with senior management,” she said. How can you tap into the power of a setback — and make it work for you?

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Why Can’t We Stop Working?

Harvard Business Review

Harvard happiness researcher Daniel Gilbert has shown that children don’t increase parents’ short-term happiness ; in fact, on a day-to-day basis, parents prefer almost anything (from watching television to exercising) to spending time with their kids. Managing yourself Time management Work life balance'