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Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

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There is a weird phenomenon where technology seems to be getting dumber in some ways as it gets smarter.
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On occasion I omit commas. On occasion, I use them. (The more you know about English, the less you're likely to think there are unbreakable rules for a lot of these things.)
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A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.
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Everybody's got an opinion. Leaders are paid to make a decision. The difference between offering an opinion and making a decision is the difference between working for the leader and being the leader.
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Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
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Your path and purpose will become crystal clear when you begin to trust your vision.
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I've observed that if individuals who prevail in a highly competitive environment have any one thing in common besides success, it is failure—and their ability to overcome it.
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The culture precedes positive results. It doesn't get tacked on as an afterthought on your way to the victory stand. Champions behave like champions before they're champions: they have a winning standard of performance before they are winners.
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Afford each person the same respect, support, and fair treatment you would expect if your roles were reversed. Deal with people individually, not as objects who are part of a herd-that's the critical factor.
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One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting system-is that a rejection, that is, defeat, is quickly forgotten, replaced eagerly by pursuit of a new order, client, or opponent.
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Consistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced by tough competition. If a player needed me to light a fire under him by turning the other team into a demon, he was lacking something I couldn't give him.
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Machines aren't replacing proofreaders at all. Copy editors, who proofread and much, much more, use spellcheck as a tool but read every word that appears in the paper
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We all know gifs are pronounced jifs, right? Their creator says so, damn it!
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Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.
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Innovation involves anticipation. It is having a broad base of knowledge on your subject and an ability to see where the end game is headed. Use all your knowledge to get their first. Set the trend and make the competition counter you
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Failure is part of success, an integral part. Everybody gets knocked down. Knowing it will happen and what you must do when it does is the first step back.
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Writers' bedtimes vary, but few have been spared the shock of a copy editor's early wake-up call.
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Many people erroneously think they have only one chance to succeed, and if they miss that chance, they are doomed to failure. In fact, most people have several opportunities to succeed.
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For me the starting point for everything - before strategy, tactics, theories, managing, organizing, philosophy, methodology, talent, or experience - is work ethic. Without one of significant magnitude, you're dead in the water.
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Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.
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