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Negotiation

In Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell talks about how kids who are taught how to negotiate and gently push back against those around them tend to be more successful than kids who are taught to follow orders and submit to those in … Continue reading

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The Five Monkeys Experiment

This is a short story based on an actual experiment involving rhesus monkeys. The story demonstrates the tendency for people to do things a certain way simply because “that’s the way we’ve always done them”. Sometimes it’s worth taking a … Continue reading

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