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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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Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.
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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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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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Everybody isn't everybody.
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The minute you step away from the negative people in your life you will instantly see the beauty in your horizon.
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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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People thrive on positive reinforcement. They can take only a certain amount of criticism and you may lose them altogether if you criticize them in a personal way... you can make a point without being personal. Don't insult or belittle your people. Instead of getting more out of them you will get less
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Invest in great relationships, they will pay a lifetime of dividends.
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Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.
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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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The ability to help the people around me self-actualize their goals underlines the single aspect of my abilities and the label that I value most—teacher.
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The dash helps to indicate that the two thoughts are intimately related, and it's less stodgy than a semicolon, which would have performed the same function (and who talks in semicolons?).
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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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