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It meant asking for promotions.
Asking someone if he had lost weight was taboo; it meant asking if he was sick.
The actions we took weren't easy, but it was critical to us that we uphold our culture and values – even if it meant asking my co-founder to step aside in order for 500 to grow stronger.
Why it's brilliant: If you had a book deal that fell through because your editor died, deep down you would want to do anything to save it... even if it meant asking your dead editor's wife to put you in touch with someone.
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It means asking for a copy of an annual report".
It means asking someone to do something that he will never be able to do.
And it means asking the experts - people on the frontline who deliver the services every day.
It means asking the big questions about life, but with a new appetite for scientific evidence.
For countries in bail-out programmes, less of it means asking creditors for bigger loans (or a debt write-off).
Maybe it means asking: "Is this thing that I'm about to tear apart actually doing significantly more harm than good, or is it simply less than perfect?
To me it means asking questions all the time, being curious rather than complacent and evaluating the impact of what I consume on the lives of others.
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