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How-to HR: Top 3 Happiness Inspirations from Google

HR Daily Advisor

First, some background: Based in Mountain View, California, Google is the largest and most popular search engine in the world. Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin with the singular aim to “organise the world’s information and to make it universally accessible and useful.” Focus 3: Management Style.

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Trayor Lesnock: “Always encourage common-sense analysis over-emotional or sensational analysis”

Thrive Global

My educational background was in biological sciences and medicine, and after college, I was first headed towards becoming a physician (like my father) and then decided on becoming a lawyer instead. In the meantime, I was living in South Florida and seeing how insane the real estate market was (2004/2005).

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Jeff Menig of Featured X: “You can’t do everything yourself”

Thrive Global

My biggest current one is spreading information on master ownership and self-value for bands/artists. That very first show I booked, it never crossed my mind that the “cool kids” from the scene would just try and walk into the show through the back where the bands came in and I had to remember to have someone checking that door too.

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“Refocus on your operational plan.” With Delali Dzirasa

Thrive Global

After graduating from UMBC in 2004 with a degree in computer engineering, I had one request when I accepted my first job after college. Extensive research suggests that “purpose driven businesses” are more successful in many areas. Refocus on your operational plan. Can you tell us what lessons or ‘take aways’ you learned from that?

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Chris DeJong of Big Blue Swim School: “I wish I had been given more advice about how to manage highly talented people”

Thrive Global

DeJong has proven himself to be an experienced founder with a strong background in the consumer services industry and he is leading the charge to bring Big Blue Swim School to every state in the U.S. I swam all throughout high school, college and post-college, culminating in my Olympic tryouts in both 2004 and 2008.

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“Why take that chance?”, With Beau Henderson & Scott Butler

Thrive Global

Since 2004, Scott has been using his background as a former teacher to break financial topics down to levels that clients can more easily understand. Sure, sometimes it may be the best tool for the job, but why take that chance? Are you able to identify a “tipping point” in your career when you started to see success?

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Peter Bafitis of RKTB Architects: “Making changes to the workplace is the next step”

Thrive Global

Peter Bafitis, AIA, managing principal at RKTB since 2004, has over thirty years of experience in the design and construction of a diverse range of projects including multifamily housing, schools, hospitals, transportation projects, adaptive reuse, and large scale urban design work. I’m a New York City boy born and raised in Flushing, Queens.