CHAPTER 2

Communicate Clearly

Communication—the human connection—is the key to personal and career success.

—Paul J. Meyer, Founder, Leadership Motivation, Inc.

You may be wondering why this chapter is even in the book. After all, by the time you have reached this point in your career, you have pretty much proven you know how to communicate. Right? Well, not quite. Although you have been a successful communicator thus far, I’m sure you agree that communication has changed a great deal. And I’m not just talking about the technology involved with communication or the variety of methods and modes of communication. We will address those in more detail in Chapter 7, “Keep Up With Technology.”

In this chapter, we will focus specifically how your approach ...

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