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When combined, these techniques make your no sound (almost) as good a yes -- and you'll strengthen both your personal relationships with customers as well as your reputation as a company who cares.

Smart, rational decision-making isn't an innate gift; rather, it's an art, a process of weighing inputs such as data and risk on one hand and emotions like fear and uncertainty on the other

It is all about the details.

Visuals, graphics and charts can concentrate and present information in a way that sticks.

Here are some of the roadblocks that get in the way and advice on how to overcome them to complete and deliver on projects.

But getting started is about understanding and overcoming the obstacles -- be it mental, emotional, or physical -- that hold us back from diving right in.

There are many ways to get a quantitative look at how your support team is doing, but far fewer to assess the care and thought being put into your replies.

Rather than letting your to-do list or set of goals overwhelm you, break down what you're trying to achieve into the smallest, most attainable steps and focus on being realistic about what you can get done

Attracting top talent is your greatest strength as a company-especially as a remote culture.

We need to take a closer look at the science of how our brain functions throughout the day and try to match the right tasks to the right mindset to help maximize productivity.

In the words of Helen Keller, 'Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.'

To succeed, most businesses need a collaborative process with their customers that scales as they grow.

While there are environmental forces that influence what we believe about ourselves, ultimately we are the stewards of our own stories.

We're in a cycle that celebrates and rewards growth at almost any cost, but that doesn't mean it's the right approach.

Understanding is temporal and changes whenever you gain new information, experience or shift your vantage point.

Breaking out of your daily routines can be a powerful way to unlock great new ideas, both personally and professionally.

What wisdom do you use to champion your creativity?

The alchemy of remote work is that location becomes irrelevant; you can quite literally build a team, culture, and company without borders.

The practice of mindfulness has a vast amount of research to support it, and any insight that improves your day-to-day life, work, and relationships within your organization is worth leveraging.

Because customer-facing roles require energy and resilience, the people in these positions should be focusing on self-care.

'As for how to write well,' writes Paul Graham, 'here's the short version: Write a bad version 1 as fast as you can; rewrite it over and over; cut everything unnecessary.'

Involving the team can be an interesting challenge. While there is impending friction to avoid, there's also much to be gained when the entire team contributes to publishing's success.

Growth comes as a result of developing product/market fit. A growth team helps optimize this curve.

BIZ Experiencess deal with a storm of surprises and self-doubt, and they need to constantly learn and adapt to steer the ship to safety. One of the best solutions to help overcome these challenges is writing.

Utilizing smart pricing strategies when selling products, services or subscriptions is a must to succeed in a competitive marketplace.

Your customer-support team may never write a book or call themselves writers, but if the majority of their day is spent stringing words together to communicate, then it's worth their time to learn how to do it well.

When building your business, every link added to the chain should be equally as strong as the one before.

Creating valuable products requires getting valuable feedback. Who you talk to early on counts for a whole lot.

Closeness creates and sustains a drive to overachieve.

All great organizations learn together. Those who aren't open to learning and improving are invariably susceptible to stagnation and irrelevance.