How to establish healthy boundaries with the boss The rapport you have with your boss can become suffocating if the relationship becomes too personal, experts say. The best way to prevent this scenario is to state firmly your discomfort when a conversation becomes unprofessional. Fast Company online (3/3)Is "grit" more important than talent? The ability to persevere may have more to do with career success than innate talent or intelligence, Lisa Quast writes. She cites research finding that high IQ scores and degrees from prestigious colleges are not the best indicators of career success. Forbes (3/6)
Making the Connection
Break these speech habits Superlatives such as "awesome" or "the best" don't convey the confidence or specificity you think they do, writes Judith Humphrey, founder of a leadership communications company. Similarly, repeating empty words or referencing earlier statements can erode confidence with your target audience. Fast Company online (3/1)
Little Golden Books changed how children read books Little Golden Books, celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, makes reading more accessible to children through the books' inexpensive cost and bright, golden spines. "When I think of these famous Little Golden Books -- like "Tawny Scrawny Lion," "Scuffy the Tugboat," "The Shy Little Kitten" -- these books have a wit to them, a slyness that I think was very rare at the time," says Diane Muldrow, who works at the imprint today. National Public Radio (2/25),SmithsonianMag.com (2/28)
