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Communication - Business and Personal - 6 of 10

6 of 10 - Business (can also be used in personal!)

When you are communicating officially - on project progress, on system availability, on problem resolution, find out how long people want you to tell them what is happening, and communicate a litle bit more than they ask - even if there is nothing to say!!! in which case, you tell them that, because it shows you are still woking on their issue, and that they are important.

Silence, in these situations, is far from this ...en

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6 of 10 - Personal (can also be used in business!)

When you are speaking and writing, replace "but" with "and" - do it for just one day and watch the reactions you get

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