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...people in power can guard against this is to place themselves into a deliberative mind-set, focusing on the pros and cons," says Fast. "This takes a great deal of discipline, however, as the tendency after taking power is to move straight to action...
...explore how we come by our illusory sense of power, a team led by business professors Nathanael Fast and Deborah Gruenfeld of Stanford University devised a series of experiments. In the first, they recruited 38 students and divided them into three groups. They asked one group to write about an experience in which they felt they had control over other people, and another group to write about a time they felt out of control. The third group wrote nothing. All of the students were then given dice and told that if they correctly guessed the number they rolled, they would...
...Yale cut the lead to single digits, but was severely limited in opportunities, as Housman, Lin, and McNally took excellent care of the basketball and milked the clock on every Crimson possession. Two straight baskets by Lin around the five minute mark—the first a steal and fast-break layup, the second a driving acrobatic three-point play—gave the team its largest lead, and the seniors were on their way to savoring a great final victory.“It was really awesome,” said Housman, who finishes his career 12th...
...Towards the end of the first half, Harris struck again. This time, Brown guard Adrian Williams tried a floater in the lane, but Harris spiked the ball back, igniting a fast break...
...Bulldogs had 16 turnovers—many of which came late in the game on mishandlings and miscommunications—and thus were never able to find any sort of momentum. Spurred by junior Jeremy Lin pushing the ball on the fast break, Harvard capitalized repeatedly, scoring 16 points off turnovers...