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How to be Decisive: 9 Ways to Make a Decision You Won’t Regret

RapidStart Leadership

Be careful not to jump at a short-term opportunity if it doesn’t move you closer to your long term objectives. Don't take a short term opportunity at the expense of a long-term goal. Sail away from the safe harbor. Which one will bring your team a step closer to the vision ? Click To Tweet. Weigh the risk.

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You Can’t Achieve Your Goals Without the Right Support

Harvard Business Review

” He asked each student to get more specific, write down the goal, and bring it to the next class. As I watched the class, I reflected on how these kids were likely to meet their goals because they had the additional support from their teacher and each other. It is easy, however, to take others’ support for granted.

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Is Copyright Enforcement Censorship?

Harvard Business Review

To stop all the downloading , Wayne's record label must issue takedowns to newalbumreleases and/or RapidShare, which are protected from liability by the DMCA (as long as they are following the safe harbor provisions), and only I and the million downloaders are liable.

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Remaining Objective Is Hard, But the Best Leaders Figure Out How to Do It

Harvard Business Review

There is no single leadership trait that guarantees success in any profession, but there is, based on my experience, one that many of the best leaders share: a fierce commitment to objectivity. And yet I realize it’s often not easy for leaders to remain objective.

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business Review

In contrast to cardiologists or orthopedists who can limit their responsibility to heart disease or joint- and bone-related issues and triage all other issues back to primary care providers, those providers have no safe harbor. The real solution comes from learning how to work less, not more, and yet still achieve objectives.