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How to Ask a Stranger For Help
“Asking for help is hardly ever as bad as you imagine it will be,” says Vanessa Bohns, a social psychologist…
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Business
Your Office, Some Other Guy’s Politics
Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request…
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How to Be Ambivalent
“You can use ambivalence as a shield against the fear of rejection,” says Taly Reich, an associate professor of marketing…
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Business
Congress, Far From ‘a Series of Tubes,’ Is Still Nowhere Near Reining In Tech
WASHINGTON — It’s now a rite of passage. Executives of the hottest technology companies fly, or more recently Zoom, from…
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Sports
With Their Season on the Line, the Yankees Go to Their Go-to Guy
On Sept. 19, as the Yankees were making a push for a wild-card spot in the postseason, they lost by…
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