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How I Learned to Work Less But Do More

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I decided I could do what I normally do in these running-at-the-red-line situations: cancel all my meetings, and start an inner rebellion from the war room of my man-cave futon. On one axis is “doing,” high and low. I had been living in the Burn Box , a state of high doing and high thinking. No, not this time. Journaling.

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How to shift from learning to doing 

The Shrink for Entrepreneurs

It’s the leap from learning something… to acting on it. . Learning is comfortable. . School was a place where – regardless of all the problems it presented – having your nose buried in a book meant you were doing everything right. . Adult learning – entrepreneurial learning – pushes all those same buttons. .

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Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback—Here’s Why

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Apprentices are generally those who are new to a field and interested in learning more about the specifics of how to do a certain job within it. The term “apprentice” might conjure up images of blacksmiths training young teens in the “olden days,” or maybe former President Donald Trump on the 2004 premiere of the show by the same name.

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What Is the Performance Paradox, and How Does It Stifle Our Ability to Improve?

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But if we’re doing that every week, then we’re not going to get better, and as a result of that, our results are going to suffer in the medium term and longer term.” However, Briceño points out, “If we are just trying to do what we know works all the time, trying to minimize mistakes, then we get stuck and we don’t improve.”

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. This doesn’t have to be true.

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Johnny Sirpilla’s Life Took a Tragic Turn. He’s Since Discovered Hardships Can Bring About Incredible Transformation

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We really worked to turn that around, to create it as a blessing in our lives and to learn to be thankful for all we were given.” Previously, he’d always believed that people’s problems should stay at home—that they could only do their best work by separating their personal and professional lives. Triplets, two boys and a girl.

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Attention, Leaders: It’s Time to Rethink Employee Development

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Consequently, as a manager or leader, you must focus on helping all team members learn strategic ways to communicate with each other effectively. What is employee development? Employee development programs are a great way to show your employees you care about their future by investing in their education and training.

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