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Why trying to be impressive diminishes you

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Alex Mathers
Aug 19, 2022
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Oh my goodness! Jason's presentation was so impressive!’

I don’t know about you but I’m not impressed by ‘impressive.’

Did Jason juggle skittles while balancing on a unicycle and screaming like a chimp?

Now THAT would be impressive…

But then the initial excitement would die down after about ten minutes.

Shortly thereafter I might consider Jason more of a pra…

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