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This is why the “bad” workouts are often the most important ones. Sluggish days and bad workouts maintain the compound gains you accrued from previous good days. Simply doing something—ten squats, five sprints, a push-up, anything really—is huge. Don’t put up a zero. Don’t let losses eat into your compounding.

Atomic Habits

James Clear

The problem with blunt excuses is that they’re an ineffective way of positioning yourself as a leader, as someone whom others can look to and trust. Resorting to them regularly makes you look as if you don’t have your act together or don’t want to take responsibility for your actions. An unadorned “I’m sorry” is always more effective.

How Women Rise

Sally Helgesen and Marshall Goldsmith

At the start of a romance, it’s tempting for a woman to show a more classic “girlfriendy” side by volunteering to cook meals and take care of errands.

Lean In

Sheryl Sandberg

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