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December 16, 2013 How to Reinvent Yourself After 50 By Dorie Clark You do have time.

Entrepreneurship The Growing Business of Marijuana by Chris Walsh How long till there's a marijuana chain like Starbucks or a cannabis-infused beverage brand like Coke? Creativity The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Creativity by The Shortlist Americans love to give lip service to creativity, celebrating imaginative artists and innovators and calling for "out of the box" ideas. Yet when we encounter creativity in real time -- before we know whether an unusual or outlandish idea will pay off -- we're all too quick to reject it, argues Je Managing yourself What to Do When Praise Makes You Uncomfortable by Mark Goulston Say "thank you." Generational issues The American Way of Hiring Is Making Long-Term Unemployment Worse by Gretchen Gavett The downside of the personalized job search "chemistry game." Motivation You Can Get Some Big Things Done When It's Not All About You by Justin Fox Lessons from Vanguard's Jack Bogle. Economy Leaky Tax Systems Plague European Recovery by The Daily Stat In Greece alone, $49 billion worth of legal goods and services escaped taxation in one year. Leadership The Best Way for New Leaders to Build Trust by Jim Dougherty Listen to as many people as soon as you can.

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