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Exercise: If this is true what else is true AKA authentic tagging

What a great object the original Gameboy was. Just a beige brick with a green screen, you couldn’t even see the screen at night you needed a torch. Really good times.

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Caroline Clifford
Aug 02, 2023
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Lessons stand-ups can learn from improvisers #2: If this is true what else is true?

Lessons stand-ups can learn from improvisers #2: If this is true what else is true?

Caroline Clifford
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August 1, 2023
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I will first describe the exercise with examples, then I’ll give a summary at the end.

(1) Write a list of at least 10 unpopular and unimportant opinions you have. The reason I say unimportant is for specificity’s sake, and also, if you start with low stakes then you have a place to heighten from.

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