Your Fill-in-the-Blank Motivational Speech

Select from the following answers for a rallying cry you can apply to any business challenge.

By Ross McCammon • Oct 27, 2013

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I stand before you this [MORNING/AFTERNOON/EVENING] to tell you that you are [WINNERS/ALMOST WINNERS/NOT LOSERS] and to [KEEP IT UP/MAYBE TRY A LITTLE HARDER HERE/FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, PULL YOURSELVES TOGETHER].

It's been a tough [WEEK/MONTH/YEAR]. We all know it. Right, [STEVE/LINDA/KEVIN]? Right?!

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