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WSJ opinion Excerpt: " Despite years of programs to get girls to code and to pair female scientists with mentors, men outnumber women two-to-one in STEM—science, technology, engineering and math—jobs. The gender gaps are especially wide in some of the fastest-growing and best-paying fields, such as computer science and engineering. Advocates for closing these gaps argue that women are victims of structural inequities, such as biased hiring practices and unequal parenting demands. They are not wrong, and their effort to encourage girls to pursue STEM and to retain women in these fields makes sense. But I’m not sure they will yield the desired effects. Sexism is surely a problem, but it may not be the main problem. There’s growing evidence that girls and women aren’t pursuing STEM careers because they’d simply prefer not to. That is, that sex differences in the STEM workforce may largely be a product of sex differences in interests and priorities."

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It's a "We Thing!" Excerpt: "We want people to be accountable. They shouldn’t wait for the executive team to tell them what to do. They should help each other navigate the constant change and uncertainty our company faces.” When I hear executives say things like this, I am optimistic. That’s exactly what global companies require: leaders who understand the need for distributed responsibility and locally anchored ownership . It’s those qualities that bring better results and greater employee satisfaction. But simply understanding the need for distributed responsibility is not sufficient if leaders don’t understand what it means to demonstrate responsibility themselves. One way of demonstrating responsibility is through the process of asking and answering questions. Many get at least one part of the process right: by responding to the questions received from their employees, leaders believe that they are showing themselves to be reliable and trustworthy. This isn’t too far off base. The word responsibility, after all, stems from the Latin respons , meaning respond or answer to. Unfortunately, by not asking questions themselves, leaders prevent employees from demonstrating the same kind of reliable and trustworthy behavior—and that makes it harder to embed the locally owned responsibility that they are looking for."

2-step Guidance Excerpt: " Key Takeaways Accepting life’s disruptions with an open “maybe” attitude can lead to unexpected opportunities and personal growth. Navigating disruptions involves first exploring and labeling your subjective emotional experience and then calmly addressing the objective consequences of the situation. Cultivating active acceptance and the ability to adapt fluidly to change is associated with better mental health."

The "Broken Compass" Excerpt: "KEY TAKEAWAYS Change often requires stepping outside a broken framework rather than trying harder within it. Addiction, according to psychiatrist Elias Dakwar, is not a conveniently confinable pathology but an intensified version of how all humans seek control and relief. Transformation happens when we recognize our framework is failing us, allow ourselves to be lost, and create a new direction forward."

Learn more Excerpt: "... research has revealed that these patterns extend far beyond everyday activities. We rely on deeply ingrained “cognitive scripts” not just for daily routines but for shaping our careers, relationships, and identities. While they can offer comfort, they also hold us back from reaching our full potential."

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Troubled dichotomous thought Related article Excerpt. " The heatmaps might seem to offer scientific proof for what millions of conservatives already thought, summarized by one poster on X as: “Liberals are mentally ill!” This, however, is a rather partisan reading of the data, which was first presented in an article in Nature in 2019 before being weaponized into a meme that has been misinterpreted by countless people on social media. The main misinterpretation: The heatmaps do not convey that liberals or conservatives “care more” about any particular category within the moral circle..."