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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. Nine Things Successful People Do Differently. by David Silverman. Silverman's basic philosophy on cover letters?

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The Top 10 HBR Blog Posts of 2010

Harvard Business Review

We think more about quality than quantity here on the HBR blog network , but we do pay close attention to what our readers are paying attention to. Tony Schwartz of the Energy Project reports on what he's learned about top performance. Peter Bregman learns how to do one thing at a time. Gallo explains what to do next.

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

Harvard Business Review

In other words, if you do not conform to the norm, people will stop listening to you not because of what you are saying, but because of how you are saying it. We learn the lessons of life through the stories of others. I mean, do you swallow fire or jump out of airplanes naked? All writing is about clarity. Now only 19.99