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Use ‘em. Or lose ‘em.
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Use ‘em. Or lose ‘em.

Despite old adages, you don’t capture readers. You earn them. A long time ago. In a career path far, far away. I learned this rule. Not a rule, so much as a natural law of reading. And I still use it every, single day. Their time belongs to them. And they know it.

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The case for a ghost
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The case for a ghost

How many times have you heard something like this said by someone in your company? Boy, I should really blog about that.

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Base hits win ballgames
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Base hits win ballgames

Sports metaphors for life and business are overused to the point of heads exploding across meeting rooms and business seminars.

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Who’s your hero?
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Who’s your hero?

If everybody is the hero of his or her own story, who’s yours? And be careful. The right answer may not be the answer you want to give.

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