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So, it was a great honour for me to meet him and his wife on the 20th floor of an apartment building in San Francisco—even though...
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I’ve found that one of the most interesting predictors of success is being a good writer—even if the job itself doesn’t require much writing. For this...
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Looking back, I’m grateful that I took the leap, so to speak, and that I changed careers even though I wasn’t sure it was going to...
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