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Why Are Drugs So Outrageously Expensive?
The drugs industry is the most profitable on earth. It has two branches -- an illegal one consisting of drug cartels and a legal one consisting of drug companies. The huge profits derived by both...
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Every Emotion Is Useful If You Know What to Do With It (11.2)
This being human is a guesthouse. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they're...
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Those Anti-Muslim Rants Are Going To Get Your Company Sued
In light of the attacks in Paris and the end of Jihadi John, I'm guessing there will be lots of workplace water cooler talk about Muslims and Middle Easterners in the news. Inevitably, someone will go...
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Every Emotion Is a Love Story (11.3)
"The emotional brain responds to an event more quickly than the thinking brain." Daniel Goleman In my last post we covered the first three of the five basic competencies for working with your...
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Guilt Is Healthy, Shame Is Not (11.4)
"Negative emotions like loneliness, envy, and guilt have an important role to play in a happy life; they're big, flashing signs that something needs to change." Gretchen Rubin You feel guilty when you...
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Think Twice About Spending That Bonus
Congratulations! Your employer just announced that you will be receiving a bonus at the end of the year. Your first thought is to begin mentally packing a suitcase for that dream trip to an exotic...
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The Follower Revolt: What's Eating Leaders for Breakfast?
"Followers unite!" And just like that established leaders like Timothy Wolfe, President of the University of Missouri, and Martin Winterkorn, CEO at Volkswagen, are gone. While there is much talk about...
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5 Crucial Considerations to Help You Better Steward Criticism
We often discuss how to be better stewards of time, money, and resources, but have you ever considered the importance of stewarding criticism? How can we become better stewards of the reviews,...
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Holiday Survival Checklist
The holiday shopping season is upon us (earlier than ever, of course!) and for those of us mindful of our credit and finances it can be a tricky and difficult season, unless you have a good solid plan...
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How to Combat Decivilizing Terrorism
TORONTO -- Feeling French today is not about being a citizen of France or having French identity; it's not even only about sharing sympathy with the families of all those brutally murdered around...
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False Proxy Power
In January 1980, a week before the New Hampshire primary, The Wall Street Journal ran a front-page article about a focus group it had assembled to assess the prospects of Ronald Reagan. Not one of the...
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Allstate Insurance; or, Deception and Student Scholarships?
I've been watching college football for years, but it was only at the end of last season that it dawned on me that for a number of those years I've been watching field goals and PATs fly between the...
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Will Amazon Homemade Be The End Of Etsy?
Will Amazon Handmade be the end of Etsy? originally appeared on Quora: The best answer to any question.Answer by Annika Schauer, Etsy app developer, on Quora. I've been watching Etsy and Amazon...
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Dear Manager: A Manifesto for Conscious Employees
To prevent toxic work, would you give your manager a letter like this? I recently asked for feedback on a survey, with the key question: What makes a workplace "toxic" for you? In just two days, nearly...
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Doing Better: The $80 Billion Shift We Need Now for Economic Democracy
Not long ago, I sat with a colleague and technical assistance provider to small businesses in a major southern city. As she told her story, she broke down in tears of frustration and grief. She had...
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4 Tips for Women Looking for Small-Business Grants
By Teddy NykielSaddled with student debt and less-than-perfect credit, Ayla Bystrom-Williams is hesitant to take on small-business loans to finance her kombucha beer company, HoneyMoon Brewery. The...
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The Long-Term Failure of Short-Term Thinking
By Maureen ConwayMaureen Conway is a vice president of the Aspen Institute and Executive Director of the Institute's Economic Opportunities Program (EOP). Ms. Conway founded EOP's Workforce Strategies...
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With Paris, ISIS Has Declared War on Us. Here's How We Should Respond.
The ISIS attack in Paris was an attack on our global community. This will not end. We have to face this fact. The target of these attackers was non-combatant innocents. They will attack again. As much...
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BDO Survey: Retailers to Offer Fewer Savings This Holiday Season
For many, the allure of bargains around the holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year are enough to work us into a frenzy. And with good reason! Retailers large and small get into the spirit of...
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Thousands of Leaders Agree: It's Time for the U.S. Government to End the...
Roger Dow is at it again, attacking the U.S. carriers and tens of thousands of aviation workers who are urging the U.S. government to enforce Open Skies agreements and level the playing field for...
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