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Subscribe To Our Youtube Channel CLICK HERE John Cleese, the English actor and co-founder of Monty Python fame, is known for his expertise in business communications. He said: “If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you … Read more
Subscribe To Our Youtube Channel CLICK HERE There is a great scene in “Alice in Wonderland” where Alice asks the Cheshire Cat, “Would you tell me please, which way I ought to go from here?”The cat replies, “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to.”It’s important to know where you want … Read more