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HBR's Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011

Harvard Business Review

As 2011 comes to a close, the editors of HBR.org are taking a look back at the most popular blog posts of the year to find out what most preoccupied you, our readers. HBR's 11 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2011. by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters? Nine Things Successful People Do Differently.

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How to Succeed in Business Writing: Don't Be Dickens

Harvard Business Review

David Silverman has had ten careers so far, including entrepreneur, executive, and business writing professor. He is the author of Typo: The Last American Typesetter or How I Made and Lost 4 Million Dollars and of the April 2011 HBR article, " Synthesis: Constructive Confessions.". cummingses in your workplace?