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This Quality Leads to Excellence… in Life and in Investing
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Month: August 2019
Trading Ideas
This Quality Leads to Excellence… in Life and in Investing
Do you want to become a better student, investor, employee or partner? One quality could be the key to achieving that goal.
Today, Alexander Green explains why accepting criticism is the first step.
Do you want to be a better student, a better athlete, a better employee (or manager), a better romantic partner and/or a better investor?
If this is a genuine goal and not just wishful thinking, you need to do something most people simply will not do: Learn to embrace, cherish and even seek out constructive criticism.
Psychologists tell us that human beings are programmed to accumulate pride and shun regret.
That’s a …read more […]
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