Be a person who does what you say you are going to do.
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Know who you are leading and never take for granted that your older colleagues will do what you say just because you are the boss.
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When you look down a list like this, and you see what you say are Saudi names or Yemenese names, does that or does that not necessarily mean a particular link with those countries?
Scholars are teaming up with epidemiologists and social scientists to see if what you say and how you say it are determining factors in whether you'll get a loan, contract a disease or tend to stereotype people.
If you are on a job interview or in the middle of negotiations with a big client, think about what you say and the words you are using.
Now, I say all this not to re-litigate the past, but it's simply to state that the component parts of the Recovery Act are consistent with what many of you say are important things to do -- rebuilding our infrastructure, tax cuts for families and businesses, and making sure that we were providing states and individuals some support when the roof was caving in.
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And while my hat is off to those of you who try to keep up with the wealth of SEO-laden content needed for online branding of your businesses, what you may not realize is how consistently you are being judged by what you say about yourself, unwittingly alienating the kinds of clients capable of taking your career to the next level.
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Are you following this movement, and what would you say to its -- people that are attracted to it?
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What you say just shows how much of the bubble you are in, go look at polling data in Silicon Valley or Redmond, or just google it and you can find several hi profile leaders of your member organizations that Openly support Obama.
Most Americans have no idea what you are talking about when you say FATCA, and neither to the citizens of the countries that are signing these IGAs.
You can say and think that you are appreciating what the other person is doing but until you try the task yourself, and realize how much goes into it, you are operating on a partial understanding.
And then their bosses are having to say, what are you talking about?
Despite what you say, we are not all motorists, and for many who are, it is because subsidised car driving has made any other way of getting around expensive or dangerous.
The package that we put together at the beginning of the year, the truth is, should have reflected -- and I believe reflected what most of you would say are common sense things.
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Your ability to lead is based on who you are as much as what you say.
Actually, I find Microsoft users are a bit like young Republican voters in the States: it's not cool to publicly say you like them but what you do when you are alone--voting, or Net surfing in Microsoft's case--is your own affair.
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What do you say to people who are just squeamish about personal privacy being invaded and body searches?
What do you say to those who are hungry to learn and be immersed in an industry but maybe are just out of college with minimal experience?
And so when you go back and you talk to your friends and you say, what was the main message the President had -- we are rooting for your success, and we want to work with you to achieve that success, but ultimately success is going to be in your hands.
What do you want again to say to the young people who are inspired by you and who are going through a very difficult time at this moment?
Make absolutely certain that it says what you want it to say, that there are no grey areas, and that there are no loopholes by which you can get burnt.
Usually when you buy a product, say a bag of apples at the grocery store, you know what you are getting and your grocer does not really care who you are.
That is because dictation programs try and anticipate what you are likely to say next in order to conserve system resources.
For example, instead of using a PowerPoint presentation, try talking around a single prop that visualizes what you are trying to say.
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Management gurus often say you are what you measure, which might explain why I haven't been on a scale in the last year.
In fact, I think starting any sentence with "just between us" is almost guaranteed to ensure that what you are about to say will not stay confidential, in the same way that it is usually a bad idea to precede any complex physical action with "Watch this!"
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