It’s not what a player is, but what he can become… that will allow him to grow.
To generate a handful of masterworks, Mozart composed more than 600 pieces before his death at thirty-five, Beethoven produced 650 in his lifetime, and Bach wrote over a thousand.
To get Firefox or Chrome, you have to demonstrate some resourcefulness and download a different browser. Instead of accepting the default, you take a bit of initiative to seek out an option that might...
If originals aren’t reliable judges of the quality of their ideas, how do they maximize their odds of creating a masterpiece? They come up with a large number of ideas. Simonton finds that on average,...
You can’t just ignore someone because you don’t think they’re important enough.
At work, our sense of commitment and control depends more on our direct boss than on anyone else. When we have a supportive boss, our bond with the organization strengthens and we feel a greater span...
This doesn’t feel like I’m persuading you. As Aronson explains, you’ve been convinced by someone you already like and trust: Yourself.
Speak softly, but carry a big stick. —Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president
We are not our brother’s keeper . . . in countless large and small ways we are our brother’s maker. Harry and Bonaro Overstreet
Passionate people don’t wear their passion on their sleeves; they have it in their hearts. The
We were in the audience, your closest colleagues and devoted associates, who worked hard and faithfully for the same goal that you desired, Youngner began. Do you remember whom you mentioned and whom...
Dormant ties offer the access to novel information that weak ties afford, but without the discomfort
Three decades of research show that receiving support from colleagues is a robust antidote to burnout.
One of the best things about developing that credibility was if I wanted to try something that was fairly strange, people would be willing to at least give it a shot at the table read, Meyer reflects....
Even in seemingly independent jobs that rely on raw brainpower, our success depends more on others than we realize.
Regardless of their reciprocity styles, people love to be asked for advice.
Every day, we all encounter things we love and things that need to change. The former give us joy. The latter fuel our desire to make the world different—ideally better than the way we found it. But t...
Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. —Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Se...
Highly successful people have three things in common: motivation, ability, and opportunity. If we want to succeed, we need a combination of hard work, talent, and luck.
Givers always score high on other-interest, but they vary in self-interest. There are two types of givers, and they have dramatically different success rates. Selfless givers are people with high othe...
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