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Confusion and Uncertainty - How NOT to Deal With It

I recently wrote an article on how to deal with confusion , and it seems like there are a lot of people going through this right now, so I thought I’d expand on the topic. This is a topic I hold near and dear to my heart, because just this past year, I’ve gone through a lot of confusion, conflict, and growth within myself. In the end it has led me to a significantly better place. http://www.dumblittleman.com/2012/01/confusion-and-uncertainty-how-to-not.html

This Is Generation Flux: Meet The Pioneers Of The New (And Chaotic) Frontier Of Business

DJ Patil pulls a 2-foot-long metal bar from his backpack. The contraption, which he calls a "double pendulum," is hinged in the middle, so it can fold in on itself. Another hinge on one end is attached to a clamp he secures to the edge of a table. http://www.fastcompany.com/1802732/generation-flux-meet-pioneers-new-and-chaotic-frontier-business
Artwork: Yue Minjun, Laughing Painter, 2003, oil on canvas, 70 x 50 cm http://hbr.org/2012/01/positive-intelligence/ar/1#.TwOrn1TMdgQ.twitter

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Go Ahead, Take that Break - Whitney Johnson

http://blogs.hbr.org/johnson/2011/07/go-ahead-take-that-break.html?cm_mmc=email-_-newsletter-_-management_tip-_-tip081911&referral=00203 by Whitney Johnson | 2:57 PM July 11, 2011 Last weekend, like every weekend, I scrawled a long list of things to do on an old envelope. But unlike most weekends, instead of tethering myself to a computer and working, I sat in my backyard alongside my 10 year-old daughter in our collapsible camping chairs, reading novels.
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/01/how_a_good_leader_reacts_to_a.html

How a Good Leader Reacts to a Crisis - John Baldoni - The Conversation

by John Baldoni | 1:12 PM January 4, 2011 There is something about a big snowstorm that brings out the best, or more often the worst, in big city mayors.
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If They Gave Awards for Poor Leadership... - John Baldoni

by John Baldoni | 1:25 PM December 17, 2008 One of the ways I have fun teaching leadership is to isolate examples of poor stewardship. http://blogs.hbr.org/baldoni/2008/12/and_the_awards_for.html