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Now you know why you hate some of the kids you grew up with
It’s a quirky thing: People compare themselves to their neighbors just as much in super-affluent neighborhoods as they do in regular neighborhoods. Counterintuitive, right? You think …
Why Your Ideas Die
Re. Working for large organizations The thing about working for big orgs is that they have lots of layers. And these layers are there for …
Q&A with Brian Solis – Lifescale: How to Live a More Creative, Productive and H …
Can you share with us an overview of your new book and why it’s important to the Gapingvoid community? Brian: In Lifescale I’m sharing a …
Why Words do Matter
We’ve heard this line attributed to both Chomsky and Werner Erhard. Either way, there is so much discussion about the importance of leaders [read: CEO] …
Consciousness Is The New Battleground
A lovely article in The Spectator states the obvious: that if you want to live long and happily, for heaven’s sake, keep your brain occupied. In …
Mission Possible
There’s an old saying in the film business: a movie is only as good as the reasons for making it. Is the filmmaker trying to …
Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas that don’t make Sense by Rory Sutherland
Friends of Gapingvoid, Anyone who reads this daily expression of love, already knows that you are all part of the Gapingvoid family; folks connected by …
The Key To Organizational Success
This is how a team effort pretty much works in a large organIzation. It’s not just about solving the problem at hand, it’s also about …
Why your ego can be your worst enemy
In 1943, British Intelligence was involved in a plot to have Hitler assassinated. But then Churchill heard about it and had them call the …
The Miracle of Sudden Insight
One of the greatest gifts we have are these sudden, life-changing, life-defining moments of clarity. Where we see not only the whole world for what …
The number one secret to great leadership
If you want to be a transformational leader it’s time to get emotional. End of story. People are comfortable with facts and data in business, and …
Why Innovation = Influence
This is another way of saying, it doesn’t matter how good your idea is if you can’t get buy-in from other people and if other …
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