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dot me slash TFTS. At the beginning of each new year, I always make time to take stock of my goals

and vision for the year to come. Rather than set resolutions, I create

evolutions. My name is Matt Abrahams, and I teach strategic communication at Stanford Graduate

School of Business. Welcome to Think Fast Talk Smart, the podcast. What an amazing year

24 has been. On Think Fast Talk Smart, we've had the opportunity

to learn so many important and insightful skills to help us hone and develop our communication

and careers. Like last year, I'd like to share with you 10 ideas from this year's episodes

that I am working on to implement in my own life. In what follows,

I'll share the guest's name and episode number before providing a summary of the concept in how I'm

trying to apply it. I'll start with the more recent episodes and work backwards. I hope this

helps you to solidify your learnings and practice so you can involve your

communication skills and approach.

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