The character competency is a hard one to action. But it starts with small gestures, like making a commitment and proving you can follow up.

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Writing for Instagram goes against the philosophy that "less is more", when it comes to posts. Captions are the length of blog posts, challenging the attention of the average user.

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Despite teaching about problem solving, I am somewhat far less than competent at it, sometimes failing step one.

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Curiosity, one of our 8 competencies, should not only be enacted from within, but should be teased out of others using your own curiosity-generating ability.

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Scrutinizing is often mistaken for nagging. However, strict scrutiny is essential to vet old, outdated, or just plain terrible ideas.

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Disruption has lost some of its hutzpah over the years as more and more people, products and things were proclaimed to be disruptive, but really weren't. If disruption is in your path, prepare to break things along the way.

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Calgary-based Clothes With Benefits stitches value into its apparel in multiple ways, not the least of which is a feeling of customer and seller satisfaction through the sense of giving.

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Collabs were gaining momentum years before Covid. Now they are so common, collaborators must assess whether their dance partners are in it for true mutuality.

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Michelle Obama might have the better known book, but the reference here comes from a celebrated youth-targeted title called "Code 7" by Bryan Johnson. In it, "become" earns its place along side 6 other symbolic "code words" toward a more purposeful life.

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Dr. Robert Cialdini, like so many other psychologists, has provided the world of marketing with unexpected gifts. His best selling books explore the seemingly irrational sides of human behaviour, only to reveal how rational they really are.

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