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October 3, 2014 by PotentSpeaking Leave a Comment

    For sale: baby shoes, never worn. Sometimes a story told in six words can be more powerful than a speech. The concise power of the above sentence can send chills through your spine. If it had been longer, describing more of the story, it probably would have been less impactful. Although I can’t match the […]

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