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COMMUNICATION: Without It You Travel Alone

COMMUNICATION: Without It You Travel Alone

To improve your communication, do the following:

Be clear as a bell. Examine a letter, memo, or other items you’ve recently written.

To be a communicator, your best friends are simplicity and clarity. Write your next piece of communication keeping both in mind.

Refocus your attention. During the coming week, pay attention to your focus when you communicate. Is it on you, your material, or your audience?

Live your message. Are there any discrepancies between what you communicate and what you do? Talk to a few trustworthy people and ask them whether you are living your message. 

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