# Celebrant Institute

> An Australian celebrant's best friend for life

- [Instagram is about to impact your SEO](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/instagram-is-about-to-impact-your-seo/)
- [Does membership include insurance?](https://celebrant.institute/community/does-membership-include-insurance/)
- [Submissions requested on new Happily Ever (before and) After brochure text](https://celebrant.institute/community/heba-submissions/)
- [20 Years of Celebrancy Population Stats](https://celebrant.institute/community/20-years-of-celebrancy-population-stats/)
- [The Website Layout That Actually Gets You Bookings](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/landing-page-layout/)
- [Should You Pay to Be in a Wedding Directory?](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/should-you-pay-to-be-in-a-wedding-directory/)
- [Josh's 22 Rules On How To Be A Celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/22-rules/)
- [Add a Celebrant Institute Badge to Your Website](https://celebrant.institute/community/badge/)
- [New (to me) tech: the reMarkable tablet](https://celebrant.institute/business/new-to-me-tech-the-remarkable-tablet/)
- [Fix pricing, not prices: A celebrant price guide](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/fix-pricing-not-prices-a-celebrant-price-guide/)
- [30 AI Experiments You Could Try In Your Celebrancy Today](https://celebrant.institute/business/30-ai-experiments-you-could-try-in-your-celebrancy-today/)
- [When will the tide turn?](https://celebrant.institute/business/when-will-the-tide-turn/)
- [How Celebrants Should Be Marketing Themselves in 2025](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/how-celebrants-should-be-marketing-themselves-in-2025/)
- [Rejection isn't a verdict; it's data](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/rejection-isnt-a-verdict-its-data/)
- [The Wedding Directory is Dead, Long Live the Wedding Directory!](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/knot-again/)
- [How to Win in the New Age of Search and Answer Engines](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/how-to-win-in-the-new-age-of-search-and-answer-engines/)
- [The podcast episode about the email about the regulations recorded on a school night](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/the-podcast-episode-about-the-email-about-the-regulations-recorded-on-a-school-night/)
- [My Ceremony Builder Booklet](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/my-ceremony-builder-booklet/)
- [Comparing AI meeting assistants: Granola and Zoom](https://celebrant.institute/business/comparing-ai-meeting-assistants-granola-and-zoom/)
- [What to do about Bark.com](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/what-to-do-about-bark-com/)
- [Can you marry a step-sibling, in-law, or an uncle in Australia?](https://celebrant.institute/legal/marry-step-siblings/)
- [Meet Enclosed, the new best and secure way to send marriage paperwork](https://celebrant.institute/business/meet-enclosed-the-new-best-and-secure-way-to-send-marriage-paperwork/)
- [How to remotely witness a Notice of Intended Marriage (NOIM) form](https://celebrant.institute/legal/how-to-remotely-witness-a-notice-of-intended-marriage-noim-form/)
- [Preparing Your Celebrancy Practice for 2025](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/preparing-your-celebrancy-practice-for-2025/)
- [Apple's Business Connect, now accepting marriage celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/apples-business-connect-now-accepting-marriage-celebrants/)
- [SA BDM unilaterally modifying the NOIM...](https://celebrant.institute/legal/sa-bdm-unilaterally-modifying-the-noim/)
- [Encrypting your couples' NOIMs and Marriage Certificates](https://celebrant.institute/business/encrypting-your-couples-noims-and-marriage-certificates/)
- [AI webinars on productivity and search](https://celebrant.institute/community/ai-webinars/)
- [What to do when it's a tough financial season](https://celebrant.institute/business/what-to-do-when-its-a-tough-financial-season/)
- [Shortage of celebrants in NSW???](https://celebrant.institute/business/shortage-of-celebrants-in-nsw/)
- [Where I stand during the ceremony, Josh's point of view](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/where-i-stand-during-the-ceremony-joshs-point-of-view/)
- [Podcast: They just decided to extend that to all weddings](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/extend/)
- [How to be a rockstar celebrant: commanding attention without a spotlight](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/how-to-be-a-rockstar-celebrant-commanding-attention-without-a-spotlight/)
- [My new favourite microphone: the Rode Interview Pro](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/my-new-favourite-microphone-the-rode-interview-pro/)
- [How to perform a commitment ceremony without breaking the law in Australia](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/how-to-perform-a-commitment-ceremony-without-breaking-the-law-in-australia/)
- [The deal with Australian celebrants and international weddings](https://celebrant.institute/legal/whats-the-go-with-overseas-weddings/)
- [Josh on the Wed.co podcast](https://celebrant.institute/community/josh-on-the-wed-co-podcast/)
- [The five laws of sales your celebrant website needs to respect](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/five-laws/)
- [When someone gets engaged, what's on their mind?](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/when-someone-gets-engaged-whats-on-their-mind/)
- [Talking about talking about celebrant price](https://celebrant.institute/business/talking-about-talking-about-celebrant-price/)
- [Learnings from MrBeast's strategy, for wedding celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/learnings-from-mrbeasts-strategy-for-wedding-celebrants/)
- [What do I do if a celebrant has the same name as me?](https://celebrant.institute/business/what-do-i-do-if-a-celebrant-has-the-same-name-as-me/)
- [Best portable PA speaker system for wedding celebrants in 2024](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/pa-system/)
- [A decade of Aird and Withers](https://celebrant.institute/community/a-decade-of-aird-and-withers/)
- [Marriage statistics 2023](https://celebrant.institute/business/marriage-statistics-2023/)
- [The best modern SEO strategy for Australian wedding celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/the-best-modern-seo-strategy-for-australian-wedding-celebrants/)
- [Instagram Mythbusters for Insights Members](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/instagram-mythbusters-for-insights-members/)
- [Where should I advertise as a celebrant?](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/where-should-i-advertise-as-a-celebrant/)
- [Instagram mythbusting for wedding creators](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/instagram-mythbusting-for-wedding-creators/)
- [Celebrants must have separate meetings with each party to marriage before the wedding](https://celebrant.institute/legal/celebrants-must-have-separate-meetings-with-each-party-to-marriage-before-the-wedding/)
- [NOIM Remote Witnessing has been made law](https://celebrant.institute/legal/noim-remote-witnessing-has-been-made-law/)
- [Your celebrancy business needs an accountant like a wedding needs a celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/business/your-celebrancy-business-needs-an-accountant-like-a-wedding-needs-a-celebrant/)
- [How Sharon and Adam chose Tim Maddren to be their celebrant and MC](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/how-sharon-and-adam-chose-tim-maddren-to-be-their-celebrant-and-mc/)
- [Insights from the SBS Insights episode on weddings and the Wedding Grinch](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/insights-from-the-sbs-insights-episode-on-weddings-and-the-wedding-grinch/)
- [Are you prepared to lose your Facebook, Meta, Google, access?](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/are-you-prepared-to-lose-your-facebook-meta-google-access/)
- [History of the one month's notice period](https://celebrant.institute/legal/history-of-the-one-months-notice-period/)
- [Decrypted Australian PDF Marriage Forms](https://celebrant.institute/business/decrypted-pdfs/)
- [Sarah-Louise's trip to the wedding trail and her Maleny wedding](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/sarah-louises-trip-to-the-wedding-trail-and-her-maleny-wedding/)
- [Kim & Zac's Cronulla wedding](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/kim-zacs-cronulla-wedding/)
- [Basic accounting and financial management for celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/business/basic-accounting-and-financial-management-for-celebrants/)
- [Just a bunch of gibberish + legislation + quiet wedding industry times](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/just-a-bunch-of-gibberish-legislation-quiet-wedding-industry-times/)
- [Marketing yourself as a new celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/marketing-yourself-as-a-new-celebrant/)
- [Public speaking skills you can learn from Steve Jobs and John Mulaney](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/public-speaking-skills-you-can-learn-from-steve-jobs-and-john-mulaney/)
- [2024's Ongoing Professional Development topics are now available](https://celebrant.institute/community/2024s-ongoing-professional-development-topics-are-now-available/)
- [Card Buddy, your new ceremony writing app](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/card-buddy-your-new-ceremony-writing-app/)
- [Engagement ring sales in 2023 explain the 2024 dip in enquiries](https://celebrant.institute/business/engagement-ring-sales-in-2023-explain-the-2024-dip-in-enquiries/)
- [Science proves: quick reply means a positive impression](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/science-proves-quick-reply-means-a-positive-impression/)
- [The state of the wedding industry, according to the 2024 Easy Weddings survey](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/the-state-of-the-wedding-industry-according-to-the-2024-easy-weddings-survey/)
- [Learn from WeddingWire's annual report WeddingPro report](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/learn-from-weddingwires-annual-report-weddingpro-report/)
- [On Sanebox, and how I learned to love my inbox again](https://celebrant.institute/business/sanebox-features/)
- [Charissa and Scott got up real high in their wedding](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/charissa-and-scott-got-up-real-high-in-their-wedding/)
- [Take payments directly on your phone - no card reader!](https://celebrant.institute/business/take-payments-directly-on-your-phone/)
- [Madelin and Jeremy's Frogmore Creek wedding](https://celebrant.institute/business/madelin-and-jeremy/)
- [What return did I see from a $20k advertising investment last year?](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/20000/)
- [The Photographer, The Dress, and The Celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/the-photographer-and-the-dress/)
- [Interstate online BDM systems](https://celebrant.institute/legal/interstate-online-bdm-systems/)
- [On paying for a NSW Official Certificate of Marriage](https://celebrant.institute/legal/nsw-ocm/)
- [When can a celebrant marry a couple overseas and without a NOIM?](https://celebrant.institute/legal/marry-overseas/)
- [New "stuff” to include in your wedding ceremonies](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/new-stuff-to-include-in-your-wedding-ceremonies/)
- [Be exceptional](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/be-exceptional/)
- [Report of the Senate Inquiry into the AG Portfolio Miscellaneous Measure Bill 2023](https://celebrant.institute/legal/report-of-the-senate-inquiry-into-the-ag-portfolio-miscellaneous-measure-bill-2023/)
- [What is every other Australian celebrant charging in 2024?](https://celebrant.institute/business/2024-price-survey/)
- [Tori Brown's Path to Passion and Purpose](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/tori-browns-path-to-passion-and-purpose/)
- [Musician-Turned-Celebrant: Ryan's Story](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/musician-turned-celebrant-ryans-story/)
- [Journey to Joy: Rachel Ivy McDermott-Magrath's Celebrant Adventure](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/ivy-aisle/)
- [Our submission to the Senate Inquiry into the AG Portfolio Miscellaneous Measure Bill 2023](https://celebrant.institute/legal/our-submission-to-the-senate-inquiry-into-the-ag-portfolio-miscellaneous-measure-bill-2023/)
- [Create a rabbit hole for your couples to "fall" down](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/create-a-rabbit-hole-for-your-couples-to-fall-down/)
- [The right (and new) form to use when you have an interpreter at a wedding](https://celebrant.institute/community/the-right-and-new-form-to-use-when-you-have-an-interpreter-at-a-wedding/)
- [Fresh Faces in Celebrancy: Melissa Edwards' Energetic Entry](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/fresh-faces-in-celebrancy-melissa-edwards-energetic-entry/)
- [Marriage law reform and change in 2024](https://celebrant.institute/legal/marriage-law-reform-and-change-in-2024/)
- [Weddings are getting smaller and more intentional](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/weddings-are-getting-smaller-and-more-intentional/)
- [Prices are going up: 2024 is the year for your price to go up](https://celebrant.institute/business/prices-are-going-up-2024-is-the-year-for-your-price-to-go-up/)
- [Red-team your celebrant business](https://celebrant.institute/business/red-team-your-celebrant-business/)
- [AI can allow you to express yourself meaningfully](https://celebrant.institute/business/ai-can-allow-you-to-express-yourself-meaningfully/)
- [The rise of the expert and the death of "whatever you want"](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/the-rise-of-the-expert-and-the-death-of-whatever-you-want/)
- [Social networking is getting small while social media is going big time](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/social-networking-is-getting-small-while-social-media-is-going-big-time/)
- [Blogging is coming back!](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/blogging-is-coming-back/)
- [How to Celebrate and Not Hyperventilate with Megan](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/how-to-celebrate-and-not-hyperventilate-with-megan/)
- [From Dietitian to 'I Do's, a new celebrant's story](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/from-dietitian-to-i-dos-a-new-celebrants-story/)
- [MLCS & celebrant associations/networks meeting 6 December 2023](https://celebrant.institute/community/mlcs-celebrant-associations-networks-meeting-6-december-2023/)
- [Meet a Certificate IV in Celebrancy graduate, Lachie Grisold](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/meet-a-certificate-iv-in-celebrancy-graduate-lachie-grisold/)
- [Marriage statistics 2022](https://celebrant.institute/business/marriage-statistics-2022/)
- [Legislation regarding remote witnessing of NOIMs!](https://celebrant.institute/legal/exciting-new-re-remote-witnessing-of-noims/)
- [Embracing DMARC: A Must-Do for Celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/ci/embracing-dmarc-a-must-do-for-celebrants/)
- [Digital drivers licenses as ID, a guide for celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/legal/digital-drivers-licenses-as-id-a-guide-for-celebrants/)
- [How to get featured in the media](https://celebrant.institute/ci/how-to-get-featured-in-the-media/)
- [Collecting email addresses at a wedding fair with a QR code and ChatGPT](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/collecting-email-addresses-at-a-wedding-fair-with-a-qr-code-and-chatgpt/)
- [So You Want to Marry Your Friends or Family: The Real Costs and Alternatives to Becoming a Celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/ci/so-you-want-to-marry-your-friends-the-real-costs-and-alternatives-to-becoming-a-celebrant/)
- [Authenticity and honesty as a celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/authenticity-and-honesty-as-a-celebrant/)
- [Why the World Looks to Australia for Wedding Industry Inspiration: 50 years of Celebrancy](https://celebrant.institute/community/why-the-world-looks-to-australia-for-wedding-industry-inspiration-50-years-of-celebrancy/)
- [How to use ChatGPT to sent instant replies to wedding enquiries](https://celebrant.institute/business/how-to-use-chatgpt-to-sent-instant-replies-to-wedding-enquiries/)
- [Six AI chat prompts celebrants can use to make fresh content today](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/six-ai-chat-prompts-celebrants-can-use-to-make-fresh-content-today/)
- [Start playing with generative AI](https://celebrant.institute/business/start-playing-with-generative-ai/)
- [Get AI-generated summaries of your video calls](https://celebrant.institute/business/get-ai-generated-summaries-of-your-video-calls/)
- [Open up the old internet and just toss some stuff in there](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/open-up-the-old-internet-and-just-toss-some-stuff-in-there/)
- [How to become a wedding celebrant in Australia](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/how-to-become-celebrant/)
- [Celebrant, help wedding vendors not hate you](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/not-hate-the-celebrant/)
- [Marry From Home - is it legal for Australian couples?](https://celebrant.institute/legal/marry-from-home-is-it-legal-for-australian-couples/)
- [It's time to update and modernise the Marriage Act of 1961](https://celebrant.institute/community/update-the-act/)
- [How to become a celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/how-to-become-a-celebrant/)
- [I didn't have a backup! Happy World Backup Day](https://celebrant.institute/business/i-didnt-have-a-backup-happy-world-backup-day/)
- [Chat and AI is going to change your entire business](https://celebrant.institute/business/chat-and-ai-is-going-to-change-your-entire-business/)
- [Love is patient, as should you business be](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/love-is-patient-as-should-you-business-be/)
- [My couple are breaking up, can I just not register their marriage?](https://celebrant.institute/legal/not-register-their-marriage/)
- [Email is the worst](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/email-is-the-worst/)
- [16 Growth ideas for wedding celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/16-growth-ideas-for-wedding-celebrants/)
- [Five phrases you should use in your sales pitch](https://celebrant.institute/business/phrases-you-should-use-in-sales/)
- [I got scammed, and it'll happen to you!](https://celebrant.institute/business/i-got-scammed-and-itll-happen-to-you/)
- [The difference between religious ministers and civil celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/legal/the-difference-between-religious-ministers-and-civil-celebrants/)
- [Creating a marriage ceremony versus re-creating a marriage ceremony](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/creating-a-marriage-ceremony-versus-re-creating-a-marriage-ceremony/)
- [Change your passwords](https://celebrant.institute/business/change-your-passwords/)
- [16 Ways a celebrant can end up in jail for six months](https://celebrant.institute/legal/16-ways-a-celebrant-can-end-up-in-jail-for-six-months/)
- [Remote witnessing of NOIMs in 2023](https://celebrant.institute/legal/remote-witnessing-of-noims-in-2023/)
- [I'm challenging you to learn Markdown](https://celebrant.institute/business/im-challenging-you-to-learn-markdown/)
- [Can AI write an original marriage ceremony?](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/can-ai-write-an-original-marriage-ceremony/)
- [Cyberattack on AGD's MarCel portal](https://celebrant.institute/community/cyberattack-on-agds-marcel-portal/)
- [Marriage statistics 2021](https://celebrant.institute/community/marriage-statistics-2021/)
- [Are meetings at cafes a business expense?](https://celebrant.institute/business/tax-deduction-cafe-meeting/)
- [Celebrant legal obligations online](https://celebrant.institute/legal/marriage-celebrant-obligations-in-an-online-environment/)
- [Top ten tips for new marriage celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/toptips/)
- [Being found is the new advertising](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/being-found/)
- [Market your celebrant services like Apple markets the iPhone](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/market-your-celebrant-services-like-apple-markets-the-iphone/)
- [Maybe it will inspire some of us to rest](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/maybe-it-will-inspire-some-of-us-to-rest/)
- [Be a little more like Robbie Williams as a celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/be-a-little-more-like-robbie-williams-as-a-celebrant/)
- [Tips for completing the compulsory OPD](https://celebrant.institute/legal/tips-for-completing-the-compulsory-opd/)
- [Where should the celebrant stand in a wedding ceremony? Josh's view](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/where-should-the-celebrant-stand-in-a-wedding-ceremony-in-the-middle-or-on-the-side/)
- [Utilise the power of the "Zero Price Effect"](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/utilise-the-power-of-the-zero-price-effect/)
- [Ted Gioia's 10 rules for public speaking](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/ted-gioias-10-rules-for-public-speaking/)
- [You must call yourself a marriage celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/legal/a-marriage-celebrant-must-call-themselves-a-marriage-celebrant-and-other-obligations/)
- [My iPad lost everything, how can I prevent this?](https://celebrant.institute/business/my-ipad-lost-everything-how-can-i-prevent-this/)
- [Remote witnessing of NOIMS - help make it permanent!](https://celebrant.institute/community/remote-witnessing-of-noims-help-make-it-permanent/)
- [Happy Podcast New Year!](https://celebrant.institute/free-podcast/happy-podcast-new-year/)
- [A lesson from Kobe Bryant for celebrants](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/a-lesson-from-kobe-bryant-for-celebrants/)
- [This is your permission to raise your fees in 2022](https://celebrant.institute/business/raise-your-price-2022/)
- [How did I do 27 weddings in one month?](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/27/)
- [The law of social proof and celebrancy](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/the-law-of-social-proof-and-celebrancy/)
- [Do I need more than one domain name for my website?](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/do-i-need-more-than-one-domain-name-for-my-website/)
- [A ceremony as a series of 'riffs', that's how I'm unscripted](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/a-ceremony-as-a-series-of-riffs-thats-how-im-unscripted/)
- [Computer and internet security for a modern marriage celebrant](https://celebrant.institute/business/computer-security/)
- [There's Gold In Them Thar Questions](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/theres-gold-in-them-thar-questions/)
- [How to spy on other people's Facebook Ads](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/how-to-spy-on-other-peoples-facebook-ads/)
- [Rounded prices are better than unrounded for weddings](https://celebrant.institute/business/rounded-prices-are-better-than-unrounded-for-weddings/)
- [A story for celebrants finding their tribe like Yeti coolers did](https://celebrant.institute/business/a-story-for-celebrants-finding-their-tribe-like-yeti-coolers-did/)
- [Other avenues for networking and referrals](https://celebrant.institute/business/other-avenues-for-networking-and-referrals/)
- [When the celebrant gets sick mid-ceremony...](https://celebrant.institute/ceremony/when-the-celebrant-gets-sick-mid-ceremony/)
- [Preparing for the inevitable re COVID](https://celebrant.institute/covid/preparing-for-the-inevitable-re-covid/)
- [Not-as-ongoing professional development](https://celebrant.institute/community/not-as-ongoing-professional-development/)
- [Celebrants can witness NOIMs over the internet!](https://celebrant.institute/legal/witness-noim-via-videocall/)
- [Marriage statistics 2020](https://celebrant.institute/business/marriage-statistics-2020/)
- [Why I hate wedding awards: “I am in competition with no-one”](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/hate-awards/)
- [My secret to business success: email](https://celebrant.institute/business/my-secret-to-business-success-email/)
- [How to start taking better photos at your weddings](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/how-to-start-taking-better-photos-at-your-weddings/)
- [Vaccine mandates and weddings](https://celebrant.institute/covid/vaccine-mandates-and-weddings/)
- [How to record the location of a marriage ceremony on the water or in the air](https://celebrant.institute/legal/how-to-record-the-location-of-a-marriage-ceremony-on-the-water-or-in-the-air/)
- [The secret to having people share your social media posts](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/the-secret-to-having-people-share-your-social-media-posts/)
- [How to get your couples to reply to your emails](https://celebrant.institute/business/reply-to-emails/)
- [Build my own website or pay a pro? Build a business brand or a personal brand?](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/build-my-own-website-or-pay-a-pro-build-a-business-brand-or-a-personal-brand/)
- [Writing prompts for social media and blogging](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/writing-prompts-for-social-media-and-blogging/)
- [Questions to ask your couples for your review or testimony](https://celebrant.institute/celebrancy/questions-to-ask-your-couples-for-your-review-or-testimony/)
- [Be vulnerable about your growth intentions to actually grow](https://celebrant.institute/marketing/be-vulnerable-about-your-growth/)
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