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Terrific Tuesday -- G20 Fixes EVERYTHING
Everything is AWESOME! That's right, the G20 is fixing the entire Global Economy right... now!  There, did you feel it?  All better.  I for one am so relieved I'm going to take all of my cash off the...
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Med Students Use Art to Observe, Data to Spot Trends
Innovations in medical education are improving the affect and effect of doctors in training. Med schools are exploring uses of big data to improve diagnosis and trend spotting while others are...
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3 Ways to Cultivate Empathy in Times of Calamity
Mina Chang is Chief Executive Officer of Linking the World, which helps to link the world through aid, empowerment and advocacy. Arriving in Haiti in early 2010 was a devastating experience. As our...
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A Week in the City of Light and Love
Yesterday I arrived back in San Francisco, along with 200 of us, from one of the longest and most emotionally draining weeks since we started Airbnb. The week began last Sunday when I landed in Paris...
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Seven Books for Working Relationships
My firm, OPR Consulting (Organization. Performance. Relationships) specializes in helping businesses identify, develop and manage their greatest asset -- their relationships. Here are seven books that...
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I'm Going to Tell You About the Most Successful Person I Know
Lets call him "Pat". That's not his name, but close. I don't want to embarrass him, although I am 99.99% sure he won't be embarrassed even if I mention him. I met him in 1999. He was the number two...
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How the Government Can Spur Innovation in Marketplace Lending
By David Klein, CommonBond CEO and Co-Founder The evidence is building that marketplace lending is rivaling and even beating traditional banks at breadth of product offerings, pricing, technology and...
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Be a Hero and Give a Gift That Matters This Year
Elevate the Career of Someone You Care About With This One Gift If you could give a gift this year that will help someone carve out his or her personal brand and grow in their career, wouldn't you?...
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Why Advice From Gurus Is Mostly Meaningless
It's no secret that I'm a busy guy. Between running my agency VaynerMedia and my venture capital firm VaynerRSE, I work long hours. I have five minute meetings on my calendar, and you'll often find me...
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Is PR dead?
"PR just isn't useful anymore." "Traditional media is on its deathbed. The power of PR will go with it." "Who needs PR anymore when you have social media?" These are some of the comments that I hear...
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Divesting From Fossil Fuels: The Student Assault on the Academy
There's a lot of news coming out of our college campuses these days and much of it re-raises an old question: To what degree, if any, should colleges and universities be responsive to pressing social...
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Conversation Killers and How to Avoid Them
Your relationships are formed through conversations stacked end to end. So it pays to get rid of the mechanical things that cripple them. For starters, consider these four:Pet Words and Phrases Some...
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The Stupid Reasons Marketing Departments Don't Outsource
Outsourcing helps businesses focus on what they are good at and get smarter, cheaper and faster support in areas they aren't. Apple, Google, McDonalds and Microsoft are just some of the household...
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Stop Worrying About Your Lack of Emotional Intelligence
"It's not a black and white world," my boss told me. "There's a lot of gray, and you need to focus on it first if you want to get promoted here." She was talking about feelings and my ability to...
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PDC Communication for the Compassionate Manager
I've heard many clients say they have an idea but it's not their place to share it. I say - Yes it is! Regardless of your level, title or expected role, you are equal in human-hood and therefore equal...
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Four Steps to Finding Your Passion in Life
Pejman Ghadimi is the author of "Third Circle Theory," which explains how some of today's top visionaries are made. He is the CEO of Secret Entourage and Secret Academy, the latter being a unique...
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The Paradox of Uncompassionate Management in Institutions Built on Compassion
The HuffPost LIVE segment on Compassionate Management was a powerful experience for me. It validated what I believe, and do, and gave me the chance to speak of my concern about companies having a...
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In Venezuela's Upcoming Election, U.S. Seeks Observers it Can Influence
In Washington, it's just seen as the way the world works. Just as big fish eat little fish and lions prey on antelope, so there is no moral shame in the U.S. government trying to undermine, destabilize...
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Millennials Have Outshone Their Inventive Forebears by Leaps and Bounds
More and more of late, the age range of the entrepreneurial demographic -- those innovators responsible for the most recent advancements in tech we've benefitted from and enjoy -- has skewed younger....
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Dr. Yellen, Don't Raise Interest Rates Just Yet
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months,...
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