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Are Compliments the Key to Success?

Are Compliments the Key to Success?

Posted on October 5, 2015 - Posted in: Blog - Tags: , , ,

Students have a lot on their plate, between presentations, exams, and other occasions in which they need to bring their A-game. Recent research shows that encouragement can help improve performance. This article from New York magazine (http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2015/09/please-tell-me-about-a-time-i-was-awesome.html ) talks about a Harvard Business School working paper (http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2662057 )on “best-self activation” that suggests that asking friends

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