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Seven years ago, I wrote 10 Things to Say Instead of ‘You’re So Talented’ after giving a TedX talk called Forget Talent and Get To Work. The talk proved popular and amassed over 80,000 views. It was one of my most popular columns and even a decade later, readers are still checking in and asking for more suggestions on how to comp
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iment and motivate their employees. Recently, I’ve noticed that the way most Americans (myself included) tend to compliment people is very different than how my local Swiss neighbors speak. I’ve noticed that people in the German-speaking area of Switzerland for the past 16 years tend to focus