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Chapter 11 of 19
Showing the work half-done
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  • Who to show unfinished work to, and what to ask them
  • Why the wrong opinion does more damage than silence
  • The precise questions to ask whoever is turning the pages
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Showing the
work half-done

“I always want to leave things so that there is a tomorrow.”W. Eugene Smith

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