A. addicted B. pleasing C. limited D. baggage E. conscious F. quotation G. operating H. imposed I. strings J. informative K. sinking |
Who’s in control of your life? Who is pulling your
So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug—we are
But just as with any drug there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own
So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way—make a(n)
A. overnight B. flash C. share D. enormous E. endured F. rise G. lengthy H. places I. pursue J. reflected K. plentiful |
Robert Frost had aimed to be a poet since he was a teenager. But the American literary icon would not publish his first book of poetry until he was 39, and his best works would not follow until he was well into middle and old age. “Young people are good at discovering. They have a
Frost’s
Sometimes you don’t discover your passion in life until you’ve done some other things first. Sometimes you don’t get the opportunity to make the most of your experiences until relatively late in life. Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s, didn’t start building his business empire until he was 53 years old. Until that point, the former Red Cross ambulance driver was a traveling salesman, peddling milk shake machines and paper cups. “I was a(n)
Sometimes, instead of opportunities, life
Therefore, unlike the youthful genius, whose rocket-fast
A. qualities | B. benefits | C. network | D. completely | E. disappointed | |
F. improving | G. motivate | H. required | I. effectively | J. essential | K. surveyed |
Don't abandon the written Word
Way back in 2012, Kyle Wiens. CEO of IFIX wrote in a blog post for Harvard Business Review that he wouldn't hire anyone who used poor grammar. In fact, he
According to Wiens, he’s found that people who make fewer mistakes on a grammar test also make fewer mistakes when they are doing something
Honestly ask yourself whether you'd hire someone with a poorly written resume. Will this person be able to deliver on your business plan? How
“Great leaders can understand how to use it well in context,” wrote Kevin Daum in an Inc.com article. As a leader, you must be able to manage, organize,
Writing, specifically by hand has numerous
A. contribute B. flows C. fundamental D. lays E. notes F. outline G. reflect H. respectively I. shared J. serve K. uncertainty |
Leadership Traits (特质)
My job puts me in contact with extraordinary leaders in many fields. So I tend to
Trustworthiness
Leaders must set an example of honesty and justice and earn the trust of their teams through their everyday actions. When you do so with positive energy and enthusiasm for
Compassion (共情)
You can’t forget that organizational success
Decisiveness
In times of
Successful leadership demands a lifelong commitment to sharpening these three basic skills. Wherever you have the opportunity to
A. sympathetically B. inevitable C. rarely D. guided E. natural F. right G. misunderstood H. travelling I. offered J. regularly K. possession |
The year of wandering
Between the preparation and the work, the traineeship and the actual dealing with a task or an art, there comes, in the experience of many young men, a period of uncertainty and wandering which is often
It is as
The forces which go to the making of a powerful man can
Anxiety and excitement of soul are
Identify the problem, a goal, and a reward
Novelist Sarah Howery Hart says it's important that writers identify a specific problem, a goal, and a reward for any behavior they wish to change. In her conference workshops titled “Stuck, Tired, Bored, and Distracted: How Writers in Distress can use Psychology Tools to Overcome Common Writing-related Problems, she teaches techniques learned in her doctoral study of psychology to help writers become more
One of the most common
She offers her participants worksheets to help them measure how often a particular behavior occurs, and then asks them to
She advises writers to set a goal - for instance, writing for an hour without checking email or social media. “And then you have to determine your reward
She urges writers to assess their progress
A. deliberate B. distinction C. polish D. credit E. dependent F. occasionally G. feasibility H. shift I. fulfilling J. signals K. continuously |
Overcoming Obstacles: How Your Biggest Failure Can Lead to Your Success
There’s been a lot written on the theme of failure and how essential it is to success. In a world where
Heidi Grant Halvorson, a psychologist, points out much of success is
About half of the people in the world hold that ability in an area --- be it creative or social skill --- is natural. The other half believes, instead, that someone might have a preference or something --- say painting or speaking foreign languages --- but this ability can be improved through
It’s almost impossible to think rationally (理性地) while shouting at yourself, “I’m a failure”. But when you
The primary
Success is as scary as failure. Researchers report that satisfaction grows on challenges. Think about it --- a computer game you can always win is boring; one you can win
There is a way to distinguish whether a failure