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Crucial Skills: Speaking Up about an Employee’s Body Odor:

Give the person the benefit of the doubt. We teach people who face a gap to ask themselves, "Why would a reasonable, rational, decent person act this way?" By asking that question, you avoid jumping to conclusions or making assumptions that can move you to make wrong diagnoses. It also prevents you from beginning your conversation in a way that says in essence, "I have held court in my head and found you guilty. Can we talk?" Such a beginning is not helpful and makes you part of the problem.

Don’t Read Email to Send Email – 99U:

Email can be a knowledge worker’s Siren. It beckons you forward with promises of exciting projects and gratifying announcements only to dash you against the rocks of busywork until your productive day has died a slow and agonizing death. Be like Odysseus and lash yourself to the mast.

America Doesn’t Need Google Fiber Everywhere — But We Do Need Its Buzz | Wired Opinion | Wired.com:

The difference between the standard Internet access that shapes our imagination and a fiber-to-the-home connection is as great as the difference between no electricity and an electrified life. But only if we see this difference, only if we understand what’s possible, can we change our expectations.

Marissa Mayer Tip On Preventing Employee Burn Out – Business Insider:

"What causes burnout, [Yahoo CEO Marissa] Mayer believes, is not working too hard," Rosin writes. "People, she believes, ‘can work arbitrarily hard for an arbitrary amount of time,’ but they will become resentful if work makes them miss things that are really important to them." 

You’re Distracted. This Professor Can Help. – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education:

All content in long-term memory is represented in two ways: "as a sense of familiarity on the one hand, and whether or not you truly understand it." People often mistake familiarity for understanding. They open the textbook after getting home from a lecture, and they recognize the material. They think: I get this. Then they take a test—and bomb it.