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Marva Collins

Marva Collins

admin Uncategorized May 24, 2010
Marva Collins, born August 31, 1936, to Henry and Bessie Knight, Jr. in Atmore, Alabama, is an educator who in 1975 started Westside Preparatory School in Garfield Park, an impoverished neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. She ran the school for more than 30 years until ...Read More
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Ferramentas_Coaching

Ferramentas de Coaching

admin Articles April 11, 2010
 The book “Tools of Coaching” now published in portuguese includes a testimonial by me     An Excerpt of my testimonial follows “The diversity of individuals and situations is enormous. Therefore, coaching to be effective, must be flexible and personalized. The usefulness of the tools ...Read More
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Occam’s razor

Occam’s razor

admin Uncategorized April 10, 2010
Occam’s razor (or Ockham’s razor), is the meta-theoretical principle that “entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity” (entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem). The term razor refers to the act of shaving away unnecessary assumptions to get to the simplest explanation.   The principle ...Read More
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Taoist Story – Seh-Ong Ji Ma

Taoist Story – Seh-Ong Ji Ma

admin Uncategorized April 10, 2010
“Seh-Ong Ji Ma”(Seh-Ong’s Wise Horse) There was a farmer named Seh-Ong that had a beautiful and strong horse. The neighbors complimented, “You are so lucky to have such a beautiful and strong horse.” The farmer replied, “We’ll see.” Days later, the horse ran away ...Read More
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CoachingatWork

Coaching in Portugal

admin Articles April 8, 2010
  Coaching in Portugal may still be in its infancy but it is healthy and thriving.   Published in the “Coaching at Work” magazine, May/June 2008 By André Ribeiro In fact, it is very much in the growth phase, according to Bresser Consulting’s European ...Read More
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Common Investor Mistakes

Common Investor Mistakes

admin Uncategorized April 7, 2010
Michael Mauboussin, the chief investment strategist of Legg Mason Capital Management and the author of Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition, about common investment mistakes, how to improve decision-making, and what investors can learn from the recent stock-market woes. ...Read More
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