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Words of wisdom and lessons learned from those who have been there. Covers a wide variety of areas from career to relationships to big and small things of daily life.
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Challenger Explosion: What lessons have been learned from Challenger disaster?

Challenger Explosion: What lessons have been learned from Challenger disaster? | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it






History News!

As the world remembers the Challenger explosion 25 years later, have lessons been learned form the Challenger disaster? –

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A year of firsts: 10 lessons learned | LifeHealthPro

A year of firsts: 10 lessons learned | LifeHealthPro | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
Starting your own business is hard work. But it can be done.
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What is most important?

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Innovation Is Required: Nine Lessons Learned Working At A Startup

Innovation Is Required: Nine Lessons Learned Working At A Startup | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
Want to know what it's actually like to work for a startup? We outline nine must-learn lessons for aspiring employees.
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Are you ready to work for a start-up?

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How to Trick Your Brain to Create a New Healthy Habit

How to Trick Your Brain to Create a New Healthy Habit | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
When you begin any new self-improvement program, you're enthusiasm is high and you're motivated by the pleasure of what you want or the pain of what you don’t want. But motivation naturally diminishes with time.
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How do leverage your brain to develop success?

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Big Data and Discovery

Big Data and Discovery | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
In which Jill channels Christopher Columbus. When people talk about big data they usually talk about the millions or billions of records that can be analyzed via a new crop of specialized technolog...
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What is the connection between big data and innovation?

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The 1 Thing a Business Leader Must Do to Succeed

The 1 Thing a Business Leader Must Do to Succeed | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
Sadly, 25% of businesses fail within their first year and an astonishing 70% of businesses fail within ten years. So, if you're thinking about starting a business or you've recently made the leap,
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What would you add to the list?

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10 Lessons In Defining Your Company Values

10 Lessons In Defining Your Company Values | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
Creating a Culture through Explicit ValuesValues are one of those things that can sound soft and squishy, especially in the context of a company. The reality - I have found - is actually quite the
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Do you know your company values?

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Your Career Needs a Top-Notch Public Image

Your Career Needs a Top-Notch Public Image | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
If you want to boost your career prospects, then you need to proactively manage your public image. This includes not only your social media presence, but also your professional reputation. In today's
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How is your reputation influencing your career advancement?

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How IDEO brings design to corporate America

How IDEO brings design to corporate America | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
With the firm he founded, IDEO, David Kelley has helped create better products - and much more - for decades.
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What will IDEO create next?

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IBM, Ritz-Carlton and Yum! Brands Empower Front Line Employees... Do You?

IBM, Ritz-Carlton and Yum! Brands Empower Front Line Employees... Do You? | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
Whether you call them “first followers” or “front line,” leadership is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best together to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose.
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If it works for IBM, the Ritz-Carlton, and Yum! - it could work for you.

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One Social Media Start-Up Rises From the Ashes of Another

When Storably failed, the founders asked their investors if they wanted their money back.
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Would you take their approach?

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Does Trying to Be Happy Make Us Unhappy?

Does Trying to Be Happy Make Us Unhappy? | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
As we muddle through our days, the quest for happiness looms large. In the U.S., citizens are granted three inalienable rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In the kingdom of Bhutan,
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Or, is happiness a wonderful by-product of lots of good stuff we do for ourselves and others?

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Sparking Bright Ideas

Seeking company innovation? Look to your staff for collaboration.
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Your staff could hold in their brains your organization's competitive advantage.

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Why Entrepreneurs Should Tell Stories | Sales Engine

Why Entrepreneurs Should Tell Stories | Sales Engine | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
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Without your story, you are unlikely to have a sustainable business.

Nathalie Desrosiers's curator insight, May 10, 6:38 PM

Share your story. Become more relatable and you won't need to chase the wrong anything-customers, employees, business partners, etc. If the right person can relate to your story then you won't need to sell. 

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Six Reasons Mentors Tell "Failure" Stories: Guest Post by Regi Campbell - Tim Elmore

Six Reasons Mentors Tell "Failure" Stories: Guest Post by Regi Campbell - Tim Elmore | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
Why are mentees drawn to failure stories over victory laps? It seems young people listen more to the stories of my failures than those of my successes.
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Where do failure stories lead to even great stories of success?

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There Are Only Four Jobs in the Whole World – Are You in the Right One?

There Are Only Four Jobs in the Whole World – Are You in the Right One? | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
For the past 30 years my company has been involved in creating over 2,500 different performance-based job descriptions that define the actual work a person needs to do to be considered successful.
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How is your job going?

Ken Morrison's comment, May 22, 5:37 PM
Thank you Anita. This is an interesting framework. Jobs and careers change, but I would agree that this framework could be applied to many sections of history (especially if you count 'gatherers' as producers.
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Seven Rules for Managing Creative-But-Difficult People

Seven Rules for Managing Creative-But-Difficult People | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
Spoil them with resources and only involve them in meaningful work.
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Are you ready to lead creatives?

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Success and Your Personal Advisory Board

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How well is your advisory board working for you?

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What Profession Is the Most Socially Responsible?

What Profession Is the Most Socially Responsible? | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
The role of professionals in society, like the role of companies, is shifting. As professionals, we are increasingly aware of the critical role we play in society and the responsibility to ensure our
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Very interesting list. Do you agree?

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The 50 Fastest-Growing Woman-Led Companies

The 50 Fastest-Growing Woman-Led Companies | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
see photosClick for full photo gallery: The 50 Fastest-Growing Women Led Businesses In America While female small business owners continue to battle the “cupcake” stereotype that all women-led companies are fashion-, fitness-, or beauty-focused, a...
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Are you ready to jump in?

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What Siri Can Teach Us About Effective Communication

By Lois Zachary One day after a long frustrating interchange with Siri, I shouted, “can’t you find any information at all on that topic? What is taking you so long? Her response? “I am putting myse...
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Is your communication more effective than Siri's?

 

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The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs — HBS Working Knowledge

The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs — HBS Working Knowledge | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
In the newly released book On Competition , Professor Michael E. Porter updates his classic articles on the competitive forces that shape strategy. We excerpt a portion on advice for new CEOs, written with HBS faculty Jay W.
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Are you ready to make difficult choices as a leader?

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The Big Question: How Can Bricks-And-Mortar Stores Fight Back?

Chad Syverson, Jean-Pierre Dubé, and Chris Nosko assess the state of the struggle between traditional and online retailers.

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Can retail really fight back?

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Marketers, Don't Just Publish; Be a Publisher

Marketers, Don't Just Publish; Be a Publisher | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
If you want to be a successful marketer today, you need to be part data analyst and part publisher. We hear a lot about the former, but the latter is critical too. We’re all publishers (that
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Wonderful insights from David Edelman, McKinsey partner leading Digital Mktng Strategy Practice.

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The Neuroscience At The Heart Of Learning And Leading

The Neuroscience At The Heart Of Learning And Leading | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
Joshua Freedman (@eqjosh) shares the science behind what's going on inside your head. Emotional intelligence, he says, is the difference that makes the difference.
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What's most important IQ or EQ?

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Discussing The Un-discussable – How To Stay Sane At Work

Discussing The Un-discussable – How To Stay Sane At Work | What I Wish I Had Known | Scoop.it
Un-discussable contradictions can drive you nuts, as I explained in my last post.“Contradiction,” is an ambiguous term. If you and your manager have different definitions, assumptions, or
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Are you ready to be happier and more successful at work?

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