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There are books and movies and experiences that happen at just the right time in a way that makes them unforgettable. If you didn't have a commute to kill, if audiobooks were not a thing, if the author didn't care enough to record her book, if you weren't this willing to be curious, the memory of the experience would be nothing like it. The odds feel so small that it feels unbelievable.

Loved the icebreakers. They seem like the prompts in a conversation game. We have one from Esther Perel called Where do we begin? Aaron Dignan from The Ready has a bunch of fun check-in prompts. The thinking is the same: make people feel heard genuinely.

Love the Smart Bear. The idea of stripping down to one reason, one value proposition seems risky but is not. The underlying principle behind it is: Less is more. When we present multiple reasons, the audience averages them out to make sense of them. When you present your best reason, the audience considers just that.

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This one is for the keep now: "There are books and movies and experiences that happen at just the right time in a way that makes them unforgettable. If you didn't have a commute to kill, if audiobooks were not a thing, if the author didn't care enough to record her book, if you weren't this willing to be curious, the memory of the experience would be nothing like it. The odds feel so small that it feels unbelievable."

Ice-breakers - yes, I remember the ones you have mentioned. The real trick is to get using them. :)

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Love the ice-breakers, Pritesh. I don't know where to use them but now they are in my saved folder forever :) This issue was an interesting curation of such wide topics. Enjoyed it a lot.

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Thankyou Garima. Indeed those icrebreakers are super amazing. We should thank Rob for the effort!

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