Simply put, the 10-40 rule states that the first ten slides of your presentation should contain no more than forty words.

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More than anything else, leadership means setting an example with your words, actions and attitude.

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In other words, after a certain point, getting paid more than your peers matters more than getting paid more in absolute terms.

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The second your audience sees you reading words from a PowerPoint slide, you become nothing more than a little man pushing knobs around trying to fool people.

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