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4 Ways to Get Better at Deferred Gratification

Mindset Shifts for Playing the Long Game

October 31, 2017 by Isaac Morehouse

I work with a lot of young people getting started in their careers. Those who chase the highest possible starting salary, most prestigious title, or sexiest-sounding company do worse than those who ignore all of that and focus on value creation, no matter how humble. You are your best investment. There is no IRA, real […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal Development Tagged With: deferred gratification, Leadership, Patience, say no, self-discipline

Why Hopeful Realism Beats Mandatory Optimism

The Downside of Positivity and What It Means for Your Business

October 31, 2017 by Megan Hyatt Miller

One unavoidable piece of advice today is be positive. We’re supposed to filter out supposed negativity in meetings, reports, and general conversation because we think positivity produces the results we want. Optimism is almost mandatory in some environments. As Dan Lovallo and Daniel Kahneman point out, critical feedback is discouraged and treated like disloyalty. “The […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal Development Tagged With: deferred gratification, hope, Leadership, negativity, optimism, Patience, Pessimism, realism, say no, self-discipline

How to Say No When it Counts

3 Strategies for Setting Healthy Personal Boundaries

October 31, 2017 by RiShawn Biddle

Sometimes you just have to say no. That isn’t always easy. But there are strategies that can help say no when you need to—and save your time, energy, and sanity in the process. Motivational speaker Byron V. Garrett, my former boss at National PTA, often says that you only have twelve hours a day to […]

Filed Under: Leadership, Personal Development Tagged With: deferred gratification, Leadership, Patience, say no, self-discipline