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May 2, 2012

Is That Supposed to Be a Test of Your Negotiating Skill?

Overpriced Continuing Education There’s a story about Admiral Hyman Rickover, the famously intimidating Navy Admiral (mentor to Jimmy Carter, among others), and a particularly harsh interviewing technique that he supposedly employed. Namely, Rickover would offer the candidate a chair opposite him that sloped forward uncomfortably, and commence the interview. If the interviewee did not speak up within...
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How to Raise Devout, Punctual, Rule-Abiding Children

Regression to the Mean — or Reverse Psychology? Twelve years on (the age of my oldest, of three total), I believe I have stumbled upon the secret to rearing children who are devout, punctual, and rule-abiding:  be none of those things. It will so irk your kids that they will be the opposite. Plan B: ...
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