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Speaker 1: Here we go. Good afternoon is the fourth quarter of

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Speaker 1: people with information so they can live a better life

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Speaker 1: back to you in twenty four hours. This is the

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Speaker 1: final episodes of my three part Value Proposition series. There

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Speaker 1: have been a combined seventy thousand downloads of the first

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Speaker 1: two Value Proposition episodes seventy thousand downloads, so obviously people

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Speaker 1: gain interest in what I'm talking about in the first

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Speaker 1: two episodes, and today will be the final and third episode.

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Speaker 1: For more information, if you have missed the first two

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Speaker 1: Value Proposition episodes, again, for more information, visit Moneymakingcomposition dot

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Speaker 1: com and every episode that airs on this station is

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Speaker 1: available on that website. There are no fees to listen. Again,

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Speaker 1: like I stated earlier, today is the third and final

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Speaker 1: episode of the Value Proposition series seventy thousand downloads and counting.

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Speaker 1: I'm so proud of people participating and also gaining information

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Speaker 1: and interests of what I'm trying to do on this

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Speaker 1: platform that I'm just talking. I'm talking with information. I'm

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Speaker 1: talking about motivation, motivating you to be a better person

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Speaker 1: or your company to be more successful. That's what information does.

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Speaker 1: But one people say I was going to stop. They say,

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Speaker 1: we'sh Why are you so hyped up by value proposition?

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Speaker 1: A value proposition differentiates you or makes your talent product

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Speaker 1: candidate for a raise or promotion at your job. A

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Speaker 1: classic example was let's go to sports. If you don't

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Speaker 1: know your value proposition, then you can sign a contract

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Speaker 1: that will be undervalued. And one of the big series

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Speaker 1: your age be an excuse. So many people do that.

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Speaker 1: should always inspire, you should always set reachable goals. If

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Speaker 1: Advice and tips on promoting your product, customer service, and

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Speaker 1: Hi, this is Rashon McDonald. Before I get back to

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