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Direction—Hitting the Ground Running

Didi: I’ll need you to write a report on that industry conference we’ll be attending the next three days.

Moe: (blankly) OK.

Didi: You’re all right with that?

Moe: Uh … yeah.

Didi: (skeptically) We’ll see.

You know what Moe is thinking, right? Why can’t she do it herself? Why me and not my teammate? Does she realize how much time it will take to write a report about a three-day conference? There goes Mopey Moe moping!

What Moe should be thinking about is not how hard he has it but what he has to do. ...

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