Let&#8217;s Stop Crabbing About Success
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Letter: Microsoft case makes reader wonder: Why do Americans belittle success?
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It would be a lot easier to enjoy your life if there weren't so many things trying to kill you every day. Shadowed by peril as we are, you would think we'd get pretty good at distinguishing the risks likeliest to do us in from the ones that are statistical long shots. But you would be wrong, and it's almost certainly something we can learn to do better.
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Successful athletes don&#39;t make the team because of their mediation skills. They are bullies with a purpose. If sportsman-like conduct isn&#39;t called forth during high testosterone moments, all is typically lost.
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Enough procrastinating, already. Go global.
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Beware, protÃ©gÃ© of the mentor who is jealous of your success.
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Settle down, investors. Things are going just fine.
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When I suggested in a recent column that a problematic 5 percent of employees account for 75 percent of the IT support burden, I expected a wave of âright on!â letters from IT support staffers. After the column was published, the letters did come â most of them disagreeing with my premise, with one reader suggesting that the real whiner was yours truly. I still think itâs outside the realm of overextended IT departments to provide training on basic computing skills (which I defined as âmanaging and finding files, and basic working knowledge of suites such as MS Officeâ). But my thinking was adjusted a bit by the thoughtful feedback.
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OTTAWAâLast week&#39;s health meeting confirmed the wisdom of several maxims dear to teachers and coaches. Do your homework. Develop a long-term strategy.
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After the ball drops and the parties end, millions of Americans will resolve to eat right and exercise. Many are doing what ever it takes to get the look they want, even if that means taking a little jab in the mouth.
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Timing is the bane of those who would be innovators. Get it right and youâll be toasted. Get it wrong and youâre just plain toast.
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Don't take certain investments for granted.
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FOXBOROUGH -- History never felt quite this ho-hum. For weeks, cautious Patriots players downplayed their run at the record book, insisting their systematic construction of a winning streak dating back to October of 2003 was of little or no consequence. We were chastised for forecasting the possibilities and discouraged from attaching significance to a milestone that would not produce a ...
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How can you promote equality without killing off the genie of American prosperity?
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Resist the urge to say you will "wordsmith" your list of New Year's resolutions rather than write one. And don't utter, "It is what it is" when you fail to meet your first goal.
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A crotchety boss might say that weâre working longer because weâre wasting time, but the opposite may also be true. We are wasting time because we are working harder.
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You don't have to dig too far to find winning ideas.
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This week's links focus on shaking up the definition of success.