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Are You Solving the Right Problem?

By Dwayne Spradlin — 2012

“If I were given one hour to save the planet, I would spend 59 minutes defining the problem and one minute resolving it,” Albert Einstein said.

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Stories of Rejection from 8 of the World’s Most Successful Entrepreneurs and Leaders

These innovators share how they learned from their setbacks.

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Nina Zipkin
2018
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How to Survive Being Laid Off

Being laid off can be a financial nightmare, but what isn’t talked about enough is the psychic toll it takes, and the decisions we make around work in the aftermath.

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Anupa Mistry
2019
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What Real Resilience Means for an Entrepreneur

Real resilience is our ability to absorb life’s challenges and transform them into something positive or productive through our improved attitude and action.

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Amy Anderson
2019
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4 Reasons Why Resilience Is an Entrepreneur’s Greatest Quality

Resilience: The ability to get up one more time than you fall down

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Gordon Tredgold
2017
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10 Proven Ways to Build Resilience as an Entrepreneur

10 members of Young Entrepreneur Council . . . discuss their tips for developing a “thicker skin” to handle adversity with grace.

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Expert Panel
2021
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Coping Mechanisms: Dealing with Life’s Disappointments in a Healthy Way

No matter how great your life may be, you will eventually deal with disappointments, setbacks, failures, and even loss and trauma.

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Courtney E. Ackerman
2021
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Esteemed Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Talks Leadership at MU

Focusing on past U.S. presidents, Goodwin highlights key traits of a successful leader. “Even though problems change over time,” Goodwin says, “there are indeed traits that are held inalterable by our most successful leaders.”

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Bennito L. Kelty
2017
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The 3 Ways that Happy People Deal with Problems

Happy people are good at dealing with problems in ways that help them to maintain their mood, while still dealing with issues effectively.

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Art Markman
2019
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How Happy Are People at Work?

Results from the newest Greater Good quiz reveal where there's room for improvement in happiness at work.

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Emiliana Simon-Thomas
2019
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I Thought Grit Would Bring Me Success. It Almost Killed Me

I wasn’t good at practicing self-compassion. My expertise was grit—in fact, I’m one of the “grittiest” people I know.

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Nataly Kogan
2018
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