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LESSON 1 · Build a Reputation That Precedes You

PAUSE TO THINK

Do good impressions and bad ones carry the same weight?

No, bad sticks harder.

Our minds give more weight to negative events than positive ones, a tilt psychologists call negativity bias. That is why recovering from a missed deadline takes a run of reliable follow-through, not just one good week.

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