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...principle remains. When too many of the rules change, when what used to work doesn't anymore, your ability to reason takes a hit. Just being aware of your nervous system's built-in bias toward learned helplessness in the face of unrelieved stress can help you identify and develop healthy habits that will buffer at least some of the load...
...agreed this past December and tentatively rejected Virgin America's application on the grounds that the use of the resources of the British umbrella-company Virgin Group--to develop a business plan, buy planes and solicit U.S. investors--didn't sufficiently recede when U.S. executives took over, and that there are still examples, including the licensing agreement to use the Virgin brand, of foreigners holding too much sway...
...science staff set out to explore equally intriguing questions: Michael Lemonick discusses why memories can remain so vivid and visceral; Christine Gorman investigates how we can avoid burnout; J. Madeleine Nash exposes the wondrous world of mirror neurons, which play a key role in the development of language, empathy and human society; while Alice Park learns how brain science is contributing to marketing and advertising campaigns. In Manchester, Michael Brunton visits the Babylab, a research facility in England whose sole mission is to understand how babies' brains develop. TIME's talented graphics director, Jackson Dykman, managed to squeeze more than...
Sabath's advice is practical, grounded in real business dilemmas. How do you develop instant rapport with someone? Ask a question based on what the person said to you the last time you spoke. One of the Ketchum executives mentions, to great laughter, that a corporate client of hers just told her that his wife had ordered a double oven. Well, said Sabath, next time, first ask your client how his wife is enjoying the double oven, rather than "Did you get that contract signed." That's a signal to the other person, says Sabath, "that nothing has crossed...
...recently questioned Chinese officials about their plan to invest $16 million to develop a natural gas field in Iran. "We've made clear the downsides of investing in Iran," she said. While the secretary hasn't asked China point blank to abandon the plan, she has let Chinese officials know that investing in Iran while it is under U.N. Security Council sanctions for refusing to stop its suspect nuclear activities is "a financial risk and a reputational risk...