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Kevin Graham
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The Bell Curve
The Bell Curve for performance appraisal: If there are 100 employees in a company, 10 employees are branded the top performers, 10 employees the poor performers and 80 percent are branded as average performers.
In a rating driven system, no employee can escape the bell curve. And these assumptions are failing to motivate employees.
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Gaurav Bhasin
@gauravb
The Real History of Rock and Roll
The Inventor Of Rock & Roll
… was originally, according to Billboard Magazine, Rhythm & Blues music. This was until Producer Sam Phillips (Sun Records), the ‘inventor’ of Rock & Roll, started promoting little known ar...
Sam Phillips
He was not looking to make big money. His heart always wanted to do something great and original, to leave a mark. He recorded new music from upcoming artists, only to stop doing that once the real surge in sales was about to begin.
Race Music
... was the original name given by Billboard to the genre which was later called Rhythm & Blues.
Black artists were more creative, edgy, talented, and had a wild style that was light years ahead of white performers. This made ‘race music’ popular across all demographics and regions, something that was picked up by many record companies, including Sun Records.
Charlotte Wood
@cwood
How to Control Your Emotions at Work: Know When to Act or Ignore
A Zen Parable
There was a man riding on a horse. When a man walking on the road asks him where he is going, the rider replies, “Why are you asking me? You should ask the horse.”
The ho...
Emotional Intelligence
The ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions. -Salovey and Mayer (1990)
Emotional Mastery
It manifests itself in the kind of statements we make about ourselves, in relation to our emotional skills and success.
Qualities such as confidence, awareness and optimism, come under the umbrella of emotional intelligence.
Cristian
@cristian510
zen habits
The Elements of Ritual
- Create your environment, because it will affect your practice.
- As you start, set an intention for the ritual.
- Bring presence and full appreciation to the act.
- Rituals can be a space for contemplating what’s important to you.
- Close in gratitude for whatever you just did.
Rituals to Consider
- Start your day with intention, gratitude and reflection.
- Email & messages: Transform them into a ritual of connecting to others, of carefully considering issues, of crafting language.
- Exercise: Bring it to be an act of love for your body, an act of connection to your environment, an act of full presence.
- Meditation: Make it a simple ritual of full appreciation for the moment.
- Sleep: Make it a time when you reflect on your day, prepare for your time of rest, slow down and appreciate your life.
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