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How to Ask More Meaningful Questions

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Every day I picked my preschooler up from school and asked him the same question: “Hey, what did you do today?” Every day I got the same response: Silence. As a researcher, I’ve learned that the quality of the answers we get is usually proportionate to the quality of the questions we ask. I acknowledged … Read more

3 Practical Lessons for Achieving Goals from Work Motivation Research

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It’s not surprising most of us at least think about setting a resolution at the beginning of a new year. We’re wired to be goal-setters. Psychologists call goals the language of the brain that directs the brain’s executive function. The executive function allows us to plan instead of being slaves to instincts (which is a … Read more