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Habits are a wonderful tool for achieving our goals because they automate the behaviors that are necessary for reaching those goals. The...

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Do you belong to or work for an organization or business? Can you state their mission and vision statements from memory? Do these...

How do you miscommunicate? Let me count the ways! I have personified 11 common ways we miscommunicate, giving each one a “face” and a...

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Communication is most effective when the sender and recipient acknowledge one another in the manner each one prefers.

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