Facing adversity how to pull yourself up by Fawn Germer This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community. When you face a career challenge, it is common to experience a...
Your Best Ideas Are Often Your Last Ideas by Loran Nordgren and Brian Lucas Summary: Research has clearly shown that people’s creativity tends to increase or stay constant over the course of an ideation session. Nevertheless, most of us consistently underestimate...
No Trust = No Team by Jim Citrin Influencer Here is the Formula for Building Cohesive Relationships Virtually Our research on virtual collaboration has found that top-performing virtual teams report higher levels of trust than teams that are less successful. Trust is...
Keep your mind in shape by Pau Gasol Influencer Visualize your success, says Gasol Foundation President and professional basketball player Pau Gasol. "If you can’t see yourself doing it, it is hard to actually execute. That’s why visualization is key to...
The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer It doesn't interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing. It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a...
The Creative Habit What makes someone creative? How does someone face the empty page, the empty stage and making something where nothing existed before? Not just a dilemma for the artist, it is something everyone faces every day. What will I cook that isn't boring?...
How to Influence and Persuade People by Guy Kawasaki Influencer From the beginning of my career as a software evangelist for the Macintosh Division of Apple, learning how to influence and persuade people has been on my mind. Among the first sources of knowledge of the...
The key to long-term success For many of us, our careers function more like marathons than sprints. To prepare for the long haul, with its inevitable peaks and valleys, we ought to focus on developing self-compassion, advises University of Texas at Austin psychology...
Reflecting is a useful tool Why you may well wonder. It’s a no brainer for sure. Taking time to reflect on what has happened enables us to rethink where we are and where we want to go. AND then to reboot so that we can reset our course going forward. The key element...