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I am starting this blog to improve my writing, speaking and thinking skills. It is a belief of mine that the quality of one's thinking is reflected in the quality of their communications skills. Based on this belief and based on my own observations about my speaking skills, I've come to a troubling conclusion that my thoughts translate very poorly to persuasive communication. My belief in the quality of my own thought has been severely challenged by this observation. One of the things I always held dear was my rationality and the clarity of the arguments I would make in my own head - and how I would constantly challenge my own views and force myself to come to independent, supported conclusions and position on issues that are important to me. However, as I've found myself struggling to articulate these positions. Examples of that include the Assessment forum last week with Sam Yoon and some of the other lawyers on the work that I have been doing and my conversation with M...