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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  The Excavation Business

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I encountered the other day a description by the distinguished author and journalist Roger Rosenblatt of how he approached his work as a writing teacher.  He described it as being in the “excavation business,” and when I thought about it, I thought his comments also apply to great leaders and employers.

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