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1/10 If you believe you can accomplish your goals, others will start supporting and believing you too. Everyone has goals throughout their lives. These range from small tasks, like cleaning out the garage before the weekend, to life-changing achievements, like saving $20,000 in ten years. When you are ready to start working toward your goals, you may wonder. How do I even begin? The best approach to overcoming this daunting question is to start by believinginyourself. This means honing a mindset in which you…

1/7 What’s in it for me? Learn how to transform your workplace into a drama-free zone of empowered employees. What does great leadership mean? Is it about catering to everyone’s preferences and patiently listening to every complaint? Or is it about helping your employees focus on what’s really important and making them more resilient and accountable? You would probably pick the latter, right? And yet many leaders are bending over backward to listen to every opinion and provide whatever their employees ask for.…

1/7 What’s in it for me? See history from an economist’s perspective. Have you ever wondered how we got from hunter-gatherer societies to our complex global economy? This Blink takes you on a journey through pivotal moments that shaped our economic world – and the concepts economists use to understand them. You’ll learn how early innovations like agriculture, specialization, and trade laid the groundwork for civilization; how the Industrial Revolution changed everything; and how central banks keep national…

1/9 What’s in it for me? Elevate your sales skills to top-performer status. If your sales strategy were a soup, would it be a finely seasoned gourmet dish or a bland broth? If you said the latter, then this Blink is just what you need to add some spice to your approach and cook up a strategy that puts you in the top-performer spotlight. This guide will walk you through the seven basic steps of selling, from drumming up leads to sealing the deal. Whether you’re already a savvy sales shark or just getting your…

1/13 Of two minds: how our behavior is determined by two different systems – one automatic and the other considered. There is a compelling drama going on in our minds, a filmlike plot between two main characters with twists, dramas and tensions. These two characters are the impulsive, automatic, intuitive System1, and the thoughtful, deliberate, calculating System2. As they play off against each other, their interactions determine how we think, make judgments and decisions, and act. System 1 is the part of…