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Tip 143. Avoid "speaking with footnotes." |
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Tip 144. Self-edit your "thinking" details. |
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Tip 145. Unwind motormouths. |
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Tip 146. Use the one-minute gag rule. |
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Tip 147. Distinguish succinctness from bluntness. |
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Tip 148. Challenge the expert when the expert is obnoxious. |
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Tip 149. Judge people's content, not their delivery. |
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Tip 150. Don't reject out of hand what someone is saying solely because the words they use seem technically incorrect. |
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Tip 151. Resist the urge to nitpick. |
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Tip 152. Avoid one-up phrases. |
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Tip 153. If you must correct someone, do so gently. |
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Tip 154. Don't make judging other people a hobby. |
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Tip 155. Avoid doormat statements. |
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Tip 156. Avoid sour-grapes lines. |
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Tip 157. Watch diversionary tactics. |
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Tip 158. Don't bark orders. |
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Tip 159. Never issue an order you can't enforce. |
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Tip 160. Squelch automatic put-down responses when somebody presents a new idea. |
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Tip 161. Make only promises you intend to keep. |
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Tip 162. Make invitations specific. |
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Tip 163. Make invitations vague if you think you should spend time with the other person but don't really want to badly enough to make a commitment. |
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Tip 164. Avoid challenges to someone's integrity. |
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Tip 165. Judge others on their intentions as well as their actions. |
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Tip 166. Make your own intentions known, even if your action doesn't hit the bull's-eye. |
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Tip 167. Beware of people who swear they're telling the truth. |
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Tip 168. Show total belief to ferret out liars. |
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Tip 169. Don't hide behind "they didn't ask me not to." |
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Tip 170. Be authoritative if you want control. |
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Tip 171. Sound logical if you want to deliver powerful messages. |
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Tip 172. Feel free to be illogical. |
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Tip 173. Be ready to justify any decision you make. |
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Tip 174. To be quotablespeak in bumper stickers. |
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Tip 175. Don't assume the other person has power to control your destiny. |
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Tip 176. Don't create obligations among others to enhance your sense of power. |
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Tip 177. Credit your source for new ideas. |
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Tip 178. Ask for others' opinions. |
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Tip 179. Respond to what's right with suggestions even if you can't use them. |
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