A high school teacher born with one arm, who changed his assignments every year so nobody could copy the previous class, gets a tribute here that is warmer and funnier than any business post could be. Brianna Carr calls him her favourite and means it.
Her communication post makes a distinction worth keeping. She separates influence from manipulation by asking whether the person does the thing because they want to or because they feel cornered, and she admits she once thought all persuasion was the second kind.
She also writes about being frightened of a social platform, which almost nobody admits, and about deliberately leaving the laptop behind, which is harder than it sounds for somebody in this business.
Five books get credited with changing her life, and she says what each one actually shifted.
Read the piece about the teacher. Then the communication one, which is the same person applying what he taught her.