New research suggests that very simple numerical exercises (like determining how many pencils are in each pile of pencils) can significantly improve children’s math solving ability In the study, first graders who estimated the amount of objects in a pile did approximately a grade better on a subsequent test than the control group The study […]
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People are the key to professional, personal and social success Relationships are a choice Articulate what you want Engage with people in mutual support for mutual success Generosity and service to others is the starting point for outreach Keep a lifeline group to hold you accountable Be willing to regularly take a vulnerable look at yourself
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A key tenet of our approach is that business relationships and personal relationships are in essence the same (BR = PR). The book Disarming Cupid by the editors of Scientific American discusses several scientifically proven ways to enhance romantic relationships. What is interesting about it is that most of the techniques can be used in
For too long, sales books and selling systems have tried to change the way people sell: parsing, categorizing, defining and redefining every conceivable aspect of what makes a salesperson great. You can see for yourself, a simple Amazon search for sales and marketing books produces nearly 500,000 titles, each offering some notion of how to
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Someone’s been lying to you. Someone has been lying to you for a very long time. You know this person really well. You see the person who lies most to you every single morning—-in the mirror. I call this person the “liar in the mirror”. You can be the most honest person
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