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http://articles.guideposts.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/blog_goalline_600-1.jpg600338My mother grew up in the tenements of the Bronx in New York City and was the first in her family to go to college. One of the requirements she faced was having to take a course in public speaking. She was petrified. “I had never spoken publicly before,” she told me, “and I had […]