61Stretch
Competing incentives
The Price of a Promising Offer
Separate financial reward, ownership, and careful planning for future needs.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
YOUR LEARNING PATH
Learn a little. Keep coming back.
Each lesson pairs two reading sections with two short quizzes. Start anywhere, or work through the collection in order.
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62Stretch
Persistence and rest
Finding a Sustainable Pace
Describe recovery, determination, and temporary relief without confusing them.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
63Stretch
Beneath the surface
Reading the Whole Meeting
Notice central features, visible actions, and meanings that are left unstated.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
64Stretch
Judgment and understanding
A Closer Look at the Old Desk
Distinguish perceptive judgment from narrow thinking and mistaken interpretation.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
65Stretch
Social temperament
Different Reactions in One Rehearsal
Read changes in mood, outward calm, attentive concern, and hopeful expectations.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
66Stretch
Ambitions and abilities
More Than a Stack of Sketches
Separate the scale of output, competent technique, exceptional skill, and habitual preferences.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
67Stretch
Risk and response
When One Change Leads to Another
Describe difficult situations and their consequences without overstating the evidence.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
68Stretch
Claims and reputation
A Letter and Three Kinds of Uncertainty
Distinguish reported claims, reasonable assumptions, deliberate appearances, and supporting evidence.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
69Stretch
Beliefs and scrutiny
Which Traditions Deserve to Continue?
Examine established beliefs, proposals for fundamental change, and misleading arguments.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
70Stretch
Influence and submission
Courtesy Without Giving Away Judgment
Recognize excessive deference, flattery, condescension, and overstepping.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
71Stretch
Change at work
A New Routine for the Print Room
Describe different kinds of improvement, changes in responsibility, and barriers to progress.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson
72Stretch
Truth and persuasion
The Proposal Behind the Persuasion
Assess persuasive expression, biased presentation, evasive answers, and concealed actions.
About 10 minutesOpen lesson