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Speak Memorably: Cliché Swap-Out

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    PIC No. 103: Pails in Comparison  (June 26, 2025) •  Title:  Speak, Memorably: The Art of Captivating an Audience •  Author:  Bill McGowan and Juliana Silva •  Publisher:  Harper Business (June 10, 2025, 272 pages) •  Management Bucket  #19 of 20: The Printing Bucket (aka The Communications Bucket) Welcome to Issue No. 103 of  PAILS IN COMPARISON ,  the value-added sidekick of  John Pearson’s Buckets Blog . This blog features my “PICs”—shorter reviews of helpful books—with comparisons to other books in my  20 management buckets  (core competencies) filing system.  Pop Quiz: The Cliché Swap-Out Exercise! It's the rare (but excellent!) book that I review twice. But three reviews? Stay tuned. I hope this short "niche chapter" review (and Pop Quiz) will inspire you to order this new book. But, oh...my. There is still so much meaty content, I'm thinking about a third review next year. In my Book Bu...