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Opening Our Eyes
This article is about "sacred cows," "groupthink," "The Abilene Paradox," and "Tunnel Vision." These descriptors are used to identify how we tend to perpetuate things at work or at home that no longer serve us. The article presents some antidotes for these common problems.

When 'Bored' Is the Name of Your Game
When boredom stops being an occasional feeling and becomes a way of life, it can signal more than clinical depression. It can be a powerful indication that you're entering your midlife transition.

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Are You Managing Paradox?
What do we mean when we say that management is a paradox? Find out in this fascinating article exploring the true nature of managers and the managed.
The Manager's Art and Skill of Managing Exceptions
It's vital for any manager to create a disciplined approach to the way they manage their team. And, of course, show they can be flexible too, so there's the paradox...

Leadership Myth #3 - Great Leaders have a College Education
To be a great leader, does one need a college education? No, that is not a prerequisite for leadership, but the weight of evidence is that better educated people do make better leaders. This article explains the apparent paradox.

Growing Your Business in a Difficult Economy
Admiral James Stockdale was the highest ranking American POW during the Vietnam War. He was held for more than 8 years and after his release wrote a book Love and War that described how he was able to not just survive the ordeal but actually thrive when many others didn’t. The story of his absolute confidence that he would survive coupled with his ability to confront the brutal facts of his current reality came to be known as the “Stockdale Paradox”. Many years later Jim Collins wrote his business masterpiece Good to Great and demonstrated how many companies used the “Stockdale Paradox” to survive and thrive in tough times while many of their competitors fell by the wayside or disappeared completely.

Catch-22 Leads to Credit Card Debt
A Catch-22 (def) is a logical paradox wherein you find yourself in need of something which can only be had by not being in need of it.

Managing Paradox
Managing paradox is a strange concept for most managers. Yet it lies at the heart of successful management. Find out why in this article.
The Land Of Purposeful Paradoxes - The Birthplace Of Your Divinely Inspired Life Purpose
Paradox is defined as something that appears to contradict itself, two statements that say opposite things and yet are both true. Something that seems to contradict itself and when heard together form a Truth. If there is such a thing as Truth in the cosmos, one of the most interesting places to find truth is in a paradox because like we said in our definition of a paradox, a paradox contains multiple truths. We as humans tend to want to see things as either/or, black or white. We are often uncomfortable with two things being true. We tend to want things one-way or the other. Do you have a FAVORITE paradox? Here are a few examples: "The more you learn, the less you know." Or "The more things change, the more they stay the same".... Or one of my personal favorites from Charles Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times".
Ledership Vs. Followership
A strange paradox; America wants better leaders but invests nothing in followership.
Opening Our Eyes
This article is about "sacred cows," "groupthink," "The Abilene Paradox," and "Tunnel Vision." These descriptors are used to identify how we tend to perpetuate things at work or at home that no longer serve us. The article presents some antidotes for these common problems.

3 Ways of Leading
This is when there were way too many frustrations. It was the biggest paradox at work. They loved it when he left them alone and hated it when they asked for his help and he would shrug and say "You take care of it. That's what I'm paying you for."

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