“A lot of the artifacts of digital life require that we make decisions,” says neuroscientist Daniel Levitin on this week’s episode of the Inquiring Minds podcast. “Do I look at this email or not? Now that I’ve looked at it, do I respond to it? Do I file it? Do I deal with it now?”

Why I always wanted a Mentor It is highly unlikely that any career guidance counselor would have even conceived of the path my working life has taken.  For a year and a half after graduating from college I did follow the well-trodden path of an articled clerk working his way to qualification as a Chartered

Great article from HBR reviews. These are scary times for managers in big companies.Even before the Internet and globalization,their track record for dealing with major, disruptive change was not good. Read more here  

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I expect most, if not all, of us have seen articles and lists about people who have failed along their road to success.  This one on BusinessInsider.com is featured because it is masterfully brief, fun and indeed, potentially, inspirational. 23 Incredibly Successful People Who Failed At First    

This article on Strategy+Business, the online magazine published by PwC Strategy& Inc. takes the form of a very digestible Q&A with Wharton Professor Katherine Milkman.  It is a good example of articles that we will be featuring that, while having the business (consulting) world in mind, also serve individuals seeking self-improvement. Topics covered include resolving