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In a breakout session at a networking conference I attended, the speaker asked, “How…
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Today is my birthday—the big 5-5. 🎉And yesterday was my 3-year anniversary of writing…
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For the very first time EVER: I gave a big speech.It was before a…
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Dear Legal Writer: Put a comma or period INSIDE the quotation marks. Do this…
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