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� � � � � � You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Here's How Smart People Use the Empathy Rule to Make Sure Their Emails Get Read - Inc.com    Mobile Shopping to Hit Its Zenith Among 2023 Holiday Revelers. How to Boost Your Site Design Now How do you get people to open, read, and respond to your email? It all comes down to one simple rule--use empathy. A major component of emotional intelligence, empathy is defined as understanding and "vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another." Why does empathy help you write more effective emails? Because it allows you to mentally put yourself in the place of the person receiving your email, vicariously experiencing their feelings and thoughts. Do that, and you'll give yourself the best odds that they'll read your email all the way through, and maybe even give you the answer you're hoping for. Continued here How To Respectfully Disagree With Your Boss - Forbes    Did you know that time spent on workplace conflict has doubled since 2008? That’s according to the most recent Conflict at Work research released by The Myers-Briggs Company. As it turns out, poor communication is the number one cause of conflict. Conflict is a healthy part of relating to other people. But it can be tricky at work—especially if you disagree with your boss. Maybe your manager announces his next great idea, and you think it’s destined for failure. Or you may have received a performance review rating that you vehemently disagree with. Whatever the scenario, you never want to burst into your boss’ office and scream at the top of your lungs, “You’re absolutely wrong!” Instead, consider whether you want to confront your boss or keep quiet. A key reason to openly disagree with your manager is when it benefits the overall organization. If you can show your boss that you have the company's best interests in mind, a difference of opinion can be a win-win for both of you. If you plan to disagree with your boss respectfully, it's going to take some careful preparation. After all, you don’t want to damage your reputation or appear insubordinate. These five simple strategies will set you up for success. Continued here Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Turning Loss and Loneliness into Wonder: How the Victorian Visionary Marianne North Revolutionized Art and Science with Her Botanical Paintings - The Marginalian    Marianne North (October 24, 1830–August 30, 1890) was twenty-six and had just lost her mother to a long tortuous illness when her father took her to an oasis of wonder in the heart of London — Kew Gardens, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth: a lush affirmation of life bustling with life-forms beyond the wildest imagination. In the majestic half-acre glass-and-iron palm house full of tropical plants, Marianne found a portal to another world. She fell under the spell of the exotic red Amherstia nobilis — “one of the grandest flowers in existence,” which made her “long to see the tropics,” she would recall a lifetime later, having obeyed the siren song of that longing and made of it a revolution. Over the next three decades, Marianne North would defy the central conventions of her era — an era in which women were expected to marry, were neither permitted nor practically able to travel alone, had access to no formal education in either art or science, and were excluded from scientific and artistic societies. She would go on to traverse the world, painting the living world she saw. Enduring storms and snakes, typhus and broken bones, unimaginable heat and long stretches without access to clean drinking water, she visited Egypt and South Africa, Borneo and Sicily, India and California, Chile and Australia, immortalizing nearly a thousand plants — plants the vast majority of our species had never seen and would never see with their own eyes, plants new to most botanists, and even some plants never before seen. She painted unlike any other botanical artist of her time. Rather than isolated specimens rendered in pencil or watercolor, her plants came alive in oil amid the integrated context of their native ecosystems. In an era before photography was a portable instrument of science, the precision of her paintings and their transportive power twined to make for a revolution in both botany and fine art. Enchanted by her work, Francis Galton and Charles Darwin came to see her as a peer and soon became close friends. Continued here Joe Biden lifts sanctions on Venezuela, but not without conditions - The Economist    Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s autocratic president, has managed to stay in power by undermining his country’s democratic politics. So few held out much hope when, on October 17th, members of his government and the opposition jetted to Barbados to strike a deal in order to set out how free and fair presidential elections could be held in 2024. Such cynicism seemed well founded. The deal, which was overseen by Norway’s government, was entitled a “partial agreement”. It initially appeared to be underwhelming, albeit with some concessions. The document finally cleared the path for the opposition to hold its primary elections, scheduled for October 22nd. The opposition will be allowed to choose its candidate “according to its internal rules.” An approximate date was agreed for presidential elections. These will be held in the second half of 2024. Just getting Mr Maduro to agree to these small democratic steps had taken months of mostly secret negotiations. The day after the deal was signed it finally emerged just how he was cajoled. On October 18th, President Joe Biden’s administration announced that, with immediate effect, it would lift most of the restrictions placed on Venezuela’s energy, gold and financial sectors. The state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela sa (PDVSA), which has been under sanctions since 2019, will be able to sell oil to whoever it chooses, with the exception of Russia. Some Venezuelan bonds can be traded by American entities again. Continued here

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