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50

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The percent of peer-reviewed scientific papers (50%) that are available for free. So what? Search and make use of readily available information, but be wary ...

37

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The percent of fast-growing companies (37%) that use formal methods to collect customer ideas about services and products. Even though customers are the number ...

43

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The percent (43%) of CEOs from the fastest-growing companies who were children of an entrepreneur. So what? Even if you don’t have the genes of an entrepreneu...

20

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The percent (20%) less likely people are to lie in an email than on a telephone call. So what?   The record of an email or other written documents decrease...

75

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The percent (75%) of survey respondents who looked back on their life and regretted NOT doing something. Only 25% regretted something they did. So what? The lin...

70 Million

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The number of people (70,000,000) who watched the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. This event proved pivotal, as K...

10

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The percent of people (10%) polled who either did not believe or were not certain if Hawaii was one of the United States. So what? Never underestimate how ill i...

150

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The optimum number (150) of relationships that the typical person can effectively manage. Why? It has to do with our brain’s capacity to manage neurocognitive...

3 Million

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The number of radios (3,000,000) in the U.S. in 1924. Twelve years later the number increased to 30,000,000. So what? New communication channels — like ra...

54

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According to one study, the success rate (54%) of major change initiatives. So what? The success rate of change can dramatically increase if you make use of the...