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Laura Berger

Toronto
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Editor at Women and Hollywood. Two of my least favourite things in this world are misogyny and cilantro.
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The Cut-the-Line Rule: When to Hold On and When to Let Go

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By Laura Berger
| QOSHE
Holding on can feel responsible even when the smarter move is to stop. Never deciding to stop isn't choosing to keep going. Past investment may be making the choice for you. The test doesn't hand you a verdict. It reveals the truth, and what you do with it is still your choice. I was wading in a river in Alaska when a man beside me hooked a salmon and a brown bear began moving directly toward him.
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The Cut-the-Line Rule: When to Hold On and When to Let Go

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By Laura Berger
| Psychology Today Verified
I was wading in a river in Alaska when a man beside me hooked a salmon and a brown bear began moving directly toward him. He had already done the hard part: he had hooked the fish, kept tension on the line, and begun reeling it toward him. Then the bear entered the water. Cut The Line Source: Laura Berger He did not try to reel faster. He did not hold his ground or calculate whether he might still be able to keep the salmon. He cut the line and walked away. The bear got the fish.
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When Anxiety Runs the Room

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By Laura Berger
| Psychology Today Verified
Sadness, when allowed to speak, often carries the clearest signal in the room. Anxiety-driven leadership can look like excellence, until it becomes the only frequency a leader operates on. The best leaders hold the full emotional range and don't let any single emotion run the room. On a recent flight, I did what I often do: I put on a children's movie. I'm not subtle about it. I laugh out loud. I've been known to tear up.
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