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	<title>A PowerPhrase a Week &#187; Poison Phrase of the Week</title>
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	<description>By Meryl Runion and SpeakStrong, Inc.</description>
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		<title>What not to say when someone responds &#8220;too&#8221; literally</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/11/03/what-not-to-say-when-someone-responds-too-literally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 15:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some folks hear what you mean, and others hear what you say. I kept trying to get a web developer to tell me, - How much work do you want to do for me? He kept answering that he wanted to do a lot more than he could. Finally I realized it made no sense [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good question, why ARE you rambling on about that?</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/10/21/good-question-why-are-you-rambling-on-about-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 13:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sue&#8221; called me to give me the great news about her new client. After about fifteen minutes of celebration, she started talking about the resistance of some of her client&#8217;s associates. She went on for several minutes about little snipes, imagined problems and other concerns that seemed unimportant in the scale of her great new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reinventing yourself is less interesting than embracing and expressing your authentic self</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/10/11/reinventing-yourself-is-less-interesting-than-embracing-and-expressing-your-authentic-self/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/10/11/reinventing-yourself-is-less-interesting-than-embracing-and-expressing-your-authentic-self/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reinvention is a hot topic these days. Everyone is busy transforming themselves. Not me. I&#8217;m becoming more of who I already am. I invite you to join me. Start with Clearing Get rid of old habits of being who we&#8217;re not. Clarifying Let who we are unfold in no uncertain terms. Committing Putting our heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poison Phrase: I might have something for you soon</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/10/07/poison-phrase-i-might-have-something-for-you-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/10/07/poison-phrase-i-might-have-something-for-you-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the best do it sometimes. When my skilled professional vendor told me, - I might have something for you soon, I told him he scored the Poison Phrase of the week for using two vague words in one sentence. &#8220;Might&#8221; is tentative and &#8220;soon&#8221; is indefinite. It&#8217;s a non-committal remark that says very little.]]></description>
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		<title>Poison Phrase: Anything you say in the same way that didn&#8217;t work the last time</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/10/07/poison-phrase-anything-you-say-in-the-same-way-that-didnt-work-the-last-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/10/07/poison-phrase-anything-you-say-in-the-same-way-that-didnt-work-the-last-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when a listener doesn&#8217;t understand, the speaker repeats what they said before. That&#8217;s usually not helpful. What also isn&#8217;t helpful is when we say things in ways that were not understood in the past. For example, I just sent someone my username and password to a site. I didn&#8217;t label what they were, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poison Phrase: She&#8217;s overreacting</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/24/poison-phrase-shes-overreacting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:51:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shirley&#8217;s graphic designer Joyce was robbed a couple of months back, and it left her shaken. As a result, she hasn&#8217;t been able to get to Shirley&#8217;s project. Joyce commented, - They didn&#8217;t even take that much. I think she&#8217;s overreacting. While Joyce&#8217;s reaction might make her unavailable to work on Shirley&#8217;s project, it&#8217;s hard to say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A legitimate question that was only a Poison Phrase because of how it was asked</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/24/a-legitimate-question-that-was-only-a-poison-phrase-because-of-how-it-was-asked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/24/a-legitimate-question-that-was-only-a-poison-phrase-because-of-how-it-was-asked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marion spoke with Jason about his services for about a half hour, and determined that after numerous dead-ends with other service providers, he would be the one to help her. She was dismayed to learn that it would be six weeks before he could see her for her first appointment. - What am I supposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PoisonPhrase that plays to perfectionism: I&#8217;m glad you like it. It has this flaw&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/22/poisonphrase-im-glad-you-like-it-it-has-this-flaw/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/22/poisonphrase-im-glad-you-like-it-it-has-this-flaw/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen my video of Bunny Bubbles from The Center for Lowered Expectations? &#8220;Bunny&#8221; points out a spot on her jacket for no good reason. Many of us do that far too often. Saturday I admired a pottery piece an acquaintance brought flowers in to an event I attended. She immediately pointed out: - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poison Phrase: Quit lying to me</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/16/poison-phrase-quit-lying-to-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/16/poison-phrase-quit-lying-to-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Labels are limiting, and they can interfere with dialogue. That is particularly true of negative label, and even more so when a label is hurled as an assumption, such as in the phrase, -Quit lying to me. This not only calls the targeted individual a liar, but it embeds the assumption in a command. While there are occasions when the shock value [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poison Phrase from Mother Goose and Grimm. You&#8217;re so special. .</title>
		<link>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/10/poison-phrase-from-mother-goose-and-grimm-youre-so-special/</link>
		<comments>http://www.speakstrong.com/newsletter/2010/09/10/poison-phrase-from-mother-goose-and-grimm-youre-so-special/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>merylrunion</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the need to be special is a hook. Today&#8217;s Mother Goose and Grim illustrates the absurdity of it. It struck me particularly because I saw a video of a two year old screaming affirmations into a mirror. She was adorable, but I also thought she was setting herself up for a fall. After affirming [...]]]></description>
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