Stay ready, so you don’t have to get ready: the value of being proactive
A unexpected lesson in leadership from the hip-hop (rap) culture. Really! Merge explains.
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Does risk-taking scare you?
I was recently having a discussion with a client about risk-taking, and I was reminded of an old Indian folklore story my mom told me many years ago. It was about a farmer who was asked whether he planted wheat
Watch for the negative impact of self-serving bias in decision-making
The self-serving bias is a concept that has been extensively studied in social psychology. Essentially, it is people’s tendency to attribute positive events to their own character but attribute negative events to external factors. It’s a common type of cognitive
Worrying won’t help you solve problems or make decisions
A couple of years ago, I wrote a short series on decision-making here on the blog, and I was reminded of that recently when I read the following quote about worrying: “Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you
Waiting for all the facts … and making decisions
“We need to wait until we have all the facts …” is something I hear many managers and supervisors say. It’s often in response to an issue that needs to be dealt with or an unexpected problem that has occurred.