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December 13, 2013 Getting Beyond the Narcissism/Advertising Complex By Scott Anthony The world is full of real problems that need solving.

Managing yourself Why You Should Treat Laughter as a Metric by Peter Bregman It will keep you more focused. Economy The Economics of Online Dating by HBR IdeaCast Paul Oyer, Stanford economist and the author of "Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating," explains the marketplace of online love. Human resources Executives Ignore Valuable Employee Actions that They Can't Measure by Richard D. Johnson Easily-collectable data may not be the most important. Entrepreneurship Increase the Odds of Your Start-Up's Success by Vineet Nayar Five tips to make profitability more likely. Compensation New Research: Rituals Make Us Value Things More by Heidi Grant Halvorson Whether it's an Oreo or a Guinness, the ritual makes it feel special. Economy Civil War Boundary in U.S. Affects Trade to This Day by The Daily Stat The South's secession 150 years ago may have had long-term effects on business-to-business trust and consumer preferences. Human resources We Can Now Automate Hiring. Is that Good? by Peter Cappelli The costs and benefits of outsourcing people decisions to robots.

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