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If you set the bar too low, it’s not worth doing.
If you set the bar too high, it’s unrealistic.
If you set the bar comfortably where people know they can do it, it becomes a mundane chore.
If you set the bar uncomfortably high where people believe they can do it with some hard work and faith, [...]

If you had two choices:
1) Fix an employee’s weakness so that they become more well-rounded
Or
2) Focus on an employee’s strength so that they become more specialized

Which one would you choose?

The Gallup Organization interviewed over 80,000 managers in 2,500 business units and found that great managers who out-perform their peers chose the second answer.

The answer makes [...]

If you’ve ever sat at your office feeling too tired to get anything done, this article is for you.
When you’re working on creative tasks, people often lack the energy they need to be effective more than the time.  We all have those times when we’re feeling lackluster and those times where we’re ready to kick [...]

Last time, we talked about how you need to relax to solve difficult problems.  This is part 2 of 2, discussing how can improve your memory and skill by being sure to get a good night’s sleep.
Sleep isn’t just resting, your brain is working on processing your experiences so that when you wake up, you’ll [...]

Have you ever been told that you work too hard?  If you have, here’s one more reason to ensure that you lead a balanced life:  working too hard can be bad for your business.
We all know the feeling of insight.  You’re stumped on some problem, then in some idle moment when you least expect it, [...]

Business owners need to make a lot of decisions on a daily basis.  They range from small ones such as whether to do a questionable refund or not, to big ones such as how much money should they allocate for marketing.  For small business owners, it might be difficult to make the right call when [...]

What’s the best way to encourage people taking a mock test to do their best?  Should you pay them:
a)  2.5 cents per correct answer.
b)  Nothing.
2.5 cents is a lousy amount of money, but it’s better than nothing, right?  Wrong.  This was tested out in Israel, and it turns out that people do 10% better when [...]