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Will you be happy to stay mediocre and safe? Or do office politics eat you alive?

16 April 2015 by Anne Riches Leave a Comment

Wonderful article from Sally Krawcheck on the choices you face: be mediocre and safe or be frank and fearless – and take your chances. She clearly succeeded.

Sally clearly understood how our amygdala and The Almond Effect (Amygdala is greek for almond) can derail us from doing what we know is intellectually, professionally, ethically and morally right – to give the honest and best advice possible.

But how often does our fear of political ramifications stop us from being the professionals we are? Is that what you want your epitaph to be? That you were ‘Afraid to speak up’.

Your call!

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Sally Krawcheck

 

 

Filed Under: Amygdala and The Almond Effect, Articles Tagged With: amygdala, fear, Fearless, leadership, office politics, The Almond Effect

Woman not afraid anything even danger due to rare genetic disorder

30 January 2015 by Anne Riches Leave a Comment

This is a fascinating case study about a woman with a genetic condition that causes calcification of parts of the brain including the amygdala. As well as an insight and confirmation of the role of the amygdala, it offers researchers another potential pathway to alleviation of conditions such as anxiety disorder and PTSD.

Woman not afraid anything even danger due to rare genetic disorder

Filed Under: Amygdala and The Almond Effect Tagged With: brain damage, Fearless, SM

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