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Mind Your Halloween Manners

Jo Bryant | Posted 10.29.2009 | Style

Read More: Uk, Behavior, Gun Powder Plot, Etiquette, Halloween, Guy Fawkes, Fireworks, Manners, Style News
Jo Bryant

As Halloween fever grips the UK, Debrett's -- the UK's leading authority on etiquette and manners -- felt it necessary to provide some top tips for a well-mannered Halloween.

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When People Don't Want to Change -- Don't Waste Your Time!

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Spouse, Success, Parent, Change, Behavior, Kentucky, Valley Station, Positive, Coaching, Partner, Living News
Marshall Goldsmith

Every once in a while I run across someone who doesn't want to change. What do I do to convince them the change is good for them? Nothing!

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"How Am I Doing?" The One Question That Can Change All Of Your Relationships

Jack Canfield | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Success, Jack Canfield, Rejection, Relationships, Attitude, Behavior, Fulfillment, How Am I Doing, Criticism, Excuses, Living News
Jack Canfield

If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking.

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Mastery

Jim Selman | Posted 09.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Acceptance, Wisdom, Relationship, Commitment, Experience, Behavior, Mastery, Living News
Jim Selman

If I have learned one thing in my life, it is that people are not broken and don't need to be fixed and, in fact, the more I try to fix them the more they (or I) will resist.

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How Much Do You Love Leading People?

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Leadership, Future Leader, Potential, Alan Mulally, Ford, Frances Hesselbein, Joy, Reward, Peter Drucker, Girl Scouts, Corporations, General Eric Shinseki, Service, Behavior, Leader to Leader, Inspire, Living News
Marshall Goldsmith

I think there is one critical question that repeatedly gets left out when assessing the potential of our future leaders: How much do you love leading people?

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The Real Leadership Success Factors : Rate Your Senior Leaders and Rate Yourself

Rick Foster | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Success, Organizational Behavior, Leadership, Corporations, Behavior, Health, Happiness, Business News
Rick Foster

The following is a simple, tried and true questionnaire that forms the analytical template my partner, Greg Hicks, and I use when we're working with Senior Executive Teams.

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Obama's Retirement Plan Needs More Nerve

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: 401(K), Retirement Plans, Barack Obama, Behavioral Economics, Income Tax, Ira, Cigarettes, Smoking, Economics, Behavior, Campaign Finance, Savings Bonds, Retirement Account, Contribution, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

The president announced a handful of new initiatives designed to make it easier for American workers to save more for retirement, that makes use of behavioral economics.

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Being a Great Professional

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Peter Drucker, Phony, Leaders, Change, 42nd Street, Executive Educator, Inspiration, Clinton, Behavior, Frances Hesselbein, Broadway, Professional, President, Actors, Living News
Marshall Goldsmith

Like great actors, inspirational leaders sometimes need to be consummate performers. It doesn't matter if they have a headache. They do whatever it takes to help their organization succeed.

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Is Cheating An Addiction?

DivineCaroline | Allison Ford | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Addiction, Cheating, Behavior, Couples, Recovery, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

Addiction is the inability to discontinue reckless or harmful behavior. Addicts can't stop themselves from self-destructing, whatever their choice of ...

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The Man Who Taught Me About Quality

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Change, Behavior, Stakeholder, Kentucky, Clients, Commitment, Executive Coach, Positive, Living News
Marshall Goldsmith

The next time you are working on a project, ask yourself, "What would happen to my level of commitment if I knew that I was only going to be paid if I achieved results?"

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Didn't We Always Suspect Guilt Was Good?

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Conscience, Guilt, Behavior, Analysis, Living News
Lisa Solod Warren

I have always lived like with guilt as a motivating factor. Guilt, for me, is intertwined with both conscience and behavior. And now I am thrilled to read that science has vindicated me.

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Why Madoff Is Not a Symbol of Our Times

Dov Seidman | Posted 07.30.2009 | Business

Read More: HOW Online, Sustainability, Bernard Madoff, Behavior, Outbehaving, Bernie Madoff, Business News
Dov Seidman

Bernard Madoff will go to jail for many years, and that's good. But the rest of us still have a lot of work to do.

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STUDY: Genes Can Predict Which Kids Join Gangs

TIME | Kathleen Kingsbury | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Genes, Monoamine Oxidase, Kids, Behavior, Genetics, Gangs, Study, Teenagers, Living News

How much power do genes hold over behavior? Can they predict, for example, whether a child will grow up to join a gang? Those are among the questions ...

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Caution: Stress Can Be Habit-Forming

Patricia Ferrone | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress Management, Stress, Habits, Self-Improvement, Development, Brain, Behavior, Wellness, Self-Help, Living News
Patricia Ferrone

Nothing good can come from relinquishing your self-control over to the effects of stress or making stress a staple of your life.

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How We Change: The Impact of the Group On Human Development, Behavior, and IQ

Dan Agin | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Iq, Society, Development, Industrialization, Behavior, Culture, Living News
Dan Agin

There are two major errors that we make when we think about ourselves and the origins of our attitudes and behavior. One error is the myth that human ...

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Black and White in America IV: IQ Myths and Realities

Dan Agin | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Racism, Iq, Obama, Race, Tribal Hoax, Myths, Behavior, Series, Education, Intelligence, Brain, Brains, Standardized Testing, Learning, Living News
Dan Agin

The idea that all "native-born English-speaking people in the United States" develop and live in the same culture is anthropological nonsense.

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