Career coach and award-winning author Andrew LaCivita shares insights on leading a rewarding career and fulfilled life.
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Join Executive Coach, healer and teacher, Sohail Coelho in this podcast about spirituality, personal development and all things the self. How to live a life that is truly yours and how to do it in a way that only you can. Integrated spirituality for the modern age.
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5 Steps to a Successful Career Change | Dos and Don'ts
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I’ve changed careers twice, which basically means I’ve got it down to a science. It’s absolutely brutal. You deserve the truth. How brutal? This picture of my office popped up in my “memories” on my phone. It's from August 25, 2015, a shade over 9 years ago. 3:43 in the AM. I was knocking off for the evening so I could catch an hour or two of shut-…
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What would you give to be happier in your job? In your office? In your career? Would you give 25 minutes and 52 seconds? If you’re willing to do just that, you’ll learn exactly what I’d do. Warning: I’m not going to say anything to you like smile, have a better attitude, or blah blah blah. I wouldn’t insult you with that trite stuff. I’ll get you f…
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Skill Stacking: The Way to Fast-Track Your Career and Compensation
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Have you been struggling to get your career to the next level? Maybe you’re awesome at your trade. Maybe you are well networked in your company. Mayyyybe you’re even the go-to person that seems to be able to fix everyone’s “problems.” So, why is awesome you not getting awesomely ahead? It’s one thing to be great at your job. It’s entirely another t…
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Ever been snookered by a fake job? I mean, if you know you have? You might have been hoodwinked and didn’t even know it. Perhaps you applied and silence. I glanced over a survey from Resume Builder very recently (not a site I recommend, but they ran the survey so what the hey?). A few key findings... 40% of companies posted a fake job listing this …
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3 Powerful Questions to Ask in a Job Interview
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Asking questions in a job interview is so important. I know I’m stating the obvious, but just because something is obvious doesn’t mean people know how to do it—well! Today, I’m gonna give you a triple-header of high-quality questions. But, because I’m me and you’re you and you deserve more, I’m not just going to tell you what questions to ask. Jus…
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Add These Metrics to Your Resume | 40 to Choose From
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Have you ever heard me speak of THE GREAT 8?!?! As in, like, how could you not have unless this is the first email you’ve ever opened from me? The GREAT 8 are the major accomplishments employers shoot for. Don’t sprain your brain: 1) revenue generation, 2) market awareness, 3) customer attraction, 4) customer happiness, 5) corporate growth, 6) empl…
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Have you ever been in a position where you were asked to sketch out your dream role? Perhaps during an interview, or maybe in a casual informational chat, where it seemed like the company was just intrigued by your background and potential? Imagine this: You walk into an interview, or maybe even a discussion with your boss, and instead of being han…
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Best Job Interview Method | CAAR Not STAR
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Are you exhausted from trying to figure out the best way to say what you want to say in a job interview? As in, which method do I use? Why do I have to speak interview-speak instead of normal, human-speak? Why is the company telling me I have to use the STAR technique? What the hey is the STAR technique? Wait, now that I think of it, Coach Andy tel…
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LinkedIn Tips for Job Seekers That Attract Recruiters | An Inside Look
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Do you wish your LinkedIn inbox was flooded with messages from recruiters fawning all over you? Would you settle for a few each week? Seeing nothing? Well, you need to know what drives them to you. I might not know how to get the YouTube algorithm to send people my way, but I do know how recruiters filter their LinkedIn searches. I know that becaus…
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Feel like your resume is vanishing into a black hole when you apply for jobs? You're not alone. Most job seekers experience the deafening silence of applicant trashing systems that seem to swallow resumes whole. But what if I told you there's a better way? It’s not just another job search strategy. It’s a revolution in how you connect with potentia…
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The Job Interview Formula Guaranteed to Get You Hired
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Today, you get a podcast on The Job Interview Formula Guaranteed to Get You Hired (CAAR). It’s titled that because, well, it’s an actual formula, which, if you use it, I pinky swear, you’ll get hired. It literally, IMHO, is one of, if not, THE, very best podcasts I’ve created on how to answer questions—like ANY question—in a job interview. I cover …
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AI's Impact on Employers and Job Seekers in the Hiring Process
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Is it détente or mutual destruction? I’m not sure, but AI will change the game for employers and employees, especially in the hiring process. Someone asked me a few weeks ago about my thoughts on the recent Wall Street Journal article titled You’re Fighting AI with AI: Bots Are Breaking the Hiring Process. Here’s what I had to say. I hope, as alway…
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Make This One Change in Your Job Search to Get Hired Faster and Paid More
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Here’s a line straight out of The Zebra Code… “Always remember, your success, in anything, will have more to do with where you place your attention than your ability.” There are no truer words when it comes to your job search. Most people think their history matters. (Not really.) Others think their skills matter. (Not if you keep talking about the…
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What Every Job Seeker Needs to Know About Negotiating Salary
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Are you getting paid what you’re worth? That was actually a trick question because there’s absolutely no way for you to know exactly what you’re worth. You’re worth is dependent on what someone else is willing to pay for you at this exact moment in time. You are like a stock, a house, or anything else whose value is determined by someone else’s des…
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7 Must-Know LinkedIn Tips That Get You Noticed
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If you don’t have recruiters and hiring officials and other important people in-boxing you on a daily basis, this podcast is for you! Checkout 7 Must-Know LinkedIn Tips That Get You Noticed to get yourself the right profile and professional brand that attracts employers and recruiters and potential colleagues! If you'd like to build a great career …
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4 Essential Assets Every Job Seeker Must Have
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Coming to you today with a wonderful podcast on 4 essentials assets every job seeker must have. I’m continuing my discussion from Friday’s podcast when I covered how AI will affect the 2024 job market. I want you to be prepared for everything! Now, when it comes to the assets, you have a resume don’t you? That’s one of the four, but the least impor…
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Enjoy this podcast on How AI Will Affect the 2024 Job Market. Run time = 10:18. It’s intense. And awesome. While I claim I cannot predict the future, I do have this incredible knack for seeing around corners. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check ou…
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You Don't Need Talent to Master Skills (Plus 3 Shocking Secrets About Me)
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I want to thank you for reading this line. I know if you just did, you must have some level of faith in me as your coach. Or, at a minimum, think I have something to offer to help you improve your career. So, again, thank for that and your attention in general. Today, I want to share some powerful perspectives with you. I genuinely believe, if you …
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The Insider's Guide to Startup Equity in Job Offer Negotiations
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I get this one a lot. "Coach, I’m getting stock [or RSUs, ISOs, PIUs, Phantom, etc. etc.] as part of my compensation package. How do I value this? How do I gauge what the right amount is?" FYI…that’s Restricted Stock Units, Incentive Stock Options, Profit Interest Units, Phantom Stock (yes, it’s a thing) and several other variations of stock-ish ty…
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Turn "You're Overqualified" into "You're Hired!"
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Today, I’m running through the “You’re overqualified,” scenario which, unfortunately, all-too-many job seekers hear. I mean, if they think this, why are they even talking to you? It’s a veiled concern about your fit or salary or whatever. We all know it. But, does that mean we need to throw in the towel? You know I’m all about the art of the possib…
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10 Proven Career Boosters for Succeeding in 2024
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Coming at you today with a full-on lesson on career-building moves. 10 of them. This is an Andy-filled-smorgasbord of tips, tactics, strategies, and other not-easily-classifiable magic tricks to help you get ahead, stay ahead, and basically enjoy your career and life. It’s not a shorty. It’s not a shorty because no short cut ever gave you what you …
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6 Very Difficult Job Interview Questions Answered
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Every week, I meet individually with 15-18 people to help them with their job searches, interviews, and salary negotiations. Inevitably, I get questions such as… “Coach, I had this interview. The recruiter talked the entire time. Didn’t ask me a single question. What should I have done?” “Andy, the interviewer started the interview with ‘What quest…
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How to Prevent Burnout and Fatigue When Achieving Big Goals
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Many want it. The good life. The few. They want the great life. The rest. What’s left. You guessed it. They pursue heights so high most people dismiss them as unattainable. Whichever group you’re in, I know you’ll eventually pursue some personal Mount Everest. You know the one I’m talking about. The one that, somewhere along the climb, makes you qu…
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How You Write Your Resume Changes the Questions the Interviewer Asks You!
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Today, I’m dropping one of those podcasts that was impossible to title properly to encapsulate the full impact of the resume writing and interviewing tips and the relationship between the two. It teaches how your résumé affects what questions a job interviewer will ask you. You’ll also be able to immediately detect, based on the questions the inter…
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What is eroticism? How do we integrate the sexual self into the larger tapestry of who we are? How do we see ourselves as sexual beings; de-shamed and in our own power. How do we make the sexual act more joyous, more present, more connected and intimate? These are some of the questions I'll explore in this episode. Sex is not just sex. Eroticism is…
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How to Build Your Career Development Plan Step by Step
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I spent every single day between December 3rd, 2022 and May 30th, 2023 working on something that really matters me—writing a book that’ll help you achieve a level of career attainment and satisfaction that matches your abilities. Of course, you didn’t know I was doing that. And, you won’t be able to hold my little beauty until August 6, 2024. (You …
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Please enjoy this dispatch from a public park in Sydney, Australia where I try to navigate profound topics like the past lives and fields of quantum potential while tourists take selfies and helicopters fly overhead. Hopefully this meandering talk, including an impromptu guided meditation brings you into a personal exploration of all the lives you …
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5 Best Steps to Prepare for Any Job Interview
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Do you get exhausted trying to think about every question a job interviewer could ask? And preparing your interview responses? And trying to remember everything? Only to clam up or forget or sound like a robot? There is a better way… To make your interview stories powerful. To reduce your prep time. To not forgetting. I’ve got THE 5 steps I’d take.…
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It’s still January, which means technically I’m trending if I talk about goal setting. Are you achieving yours? Goals that is? I’m not really a goal-setter per se, as much as I strive to be an accomplish-er. And, I guess now that I’ve written that previous sentence and am too lazy to go back and change it, I’ll just correct it here... I have never …
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How to Read Job Descriptions to Win the Interview
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Today, I’m decoding job descriptions. If you’re wondering what that entails, that’s me doing some Andy x-ray vision and taking a run at predicting the future (interview, salary negotiation, etc.) simply by seeing a job description. I can even go backwards with what your resume should say. I’m an all-directions kinda guy that way. This is one of tho…
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Today, we’re talking how to prove your value to employers. Easiest way to do that is to show them how you can help them achieve their goals. To do that, you need to know what their goals are. Good news for you is I’m old and wise and have lots of employer tread on my tires. Serving it up today. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewar…
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Job Titles Explained and How They Affect Your Application
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Lemme ask ya. Is there anything more confusing than job titles when it comes to job searching and your career planning? I think not. Have you ever wondered… Do job titles matter? Does anyone care? How do I explain my title when no one outside my company knows what system engineer III means? Should I apply for lower-level titles to increase my chanc…
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Happy New Year! Let’s start the New Year with a BANG! Shall we? Full-fledged job search podcast today. 5 major tips (which actually means 18 tips by Andy math) on how to ramp up your job search results in 2024! I’m covering a major doozy from what I consider to be the 5 big phases on an effective search. Inside, I hit getting your requirements in o…
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Job Search Obstacles Preventing You From Success
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Happy Tuesday. You know what makes me sad? Podcast video titles. Lemme tell ya why. I have a podcast for you today. It’s a beauty (I think). I needed to attach a title to it because that’s a law in podcastland. I really wish I had unlimited characters and could give you a full brief about what’s in store for you when you click that link. The title …
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Remember This to Overcome Hesitation During Your Job Search
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“An object in motion is easier to redirect than a stationary one.” I’m sure I made up that quote sometime in my teens during one of my endless semesters of physics. I’m sure I’m not the first person to have that thought. I’m also sure it’s the end of the year. That means many job-seekers are either tired of searching or hesitating or reluctant to g…
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I know job searching stinks. But, it’s a gift. You don’t need to agree with me at this moment. I know, however, someday, you will look back and know exactly why it had to happen THAT way. Until you know the answer to that previous statement, I have something to tide you over. It’s a life lesson, job searching, and a bunch of other things all rolled…
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Money today. Inside, I’ve got a sweet video on the economic state of affairs and 3 glorious tips on how to get a pay raise. You can use these with your current employer or new employer. I’m not partial. I just care about you getting lots of dinero. I cover how to assess your future value based on your current trajectory, picking up additional respo…
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Salary Negotiation Tips for Independent Contractors
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Enjoy this podcast with salary negotiation tips for independent contractors. The tips work for everyone, but you know me. I like to make sure everyone is covered and contractors are just as near-and-dear to me as employees who are “full-timers.” If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places wh…
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How to Respond to a Job Offer Below the Advertised Salary Range
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I wanted to bring you a nice, tight, powerful, perspective-filled video on how to approach a situation when an employer gives you a job offer below the advertised salary range. You might be thinking what gives? That is certainly one way to look at it. Not the only way of course. What happened? Any of a number of things. What can you do? Any of a nu…
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5 Ways to Get Paid More When Interviewing
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Expected salary is ridiculous. Budgeted salary…sillier still. Just like advertised salary, unadvertised salary, and the-salary-we-hope-to-pay salary. How do I know this? Let’s see... Negotiated over 600 employment agreements and salaries as an executive recruiter. Wait. There’s more. Of the more-than 3,000 people I’ve personally coached as an inter…
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Ep #45 War, Violence & The Objectification of Self
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These are challenging times my friends and perhaps we can be the heroes of our own story. It requires a paradigm shift that begins within ourselves. From one of seeing ourselves and each other as objects, that can be judged and discarded. To one of seeing ourselves and each other as sacred expressions of life to be respected, valued and loved. It's…
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Salary negotiation is tough stuff. Let's keep this simple. Here's a breakdown of the questions I answered and exactly when I answered them. Enjoy! 00:00:41 How to fill in salary expectation in the ATS (online job application)? 00:03:10 How to answer a recruiter who keeps pushing for an expected salary number? 00:06:30 What to tell a recruiter who's…
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The Last-Resort Salary Negotiation Tactic
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Sometimes you (think you’ve) hit a wall. There’s a person you’re speaking to and they just don’t want to pay you any more salary. Before you come to my Live Office Hours show and ask me what to do, I want you to ask yourself a question… “Can this person actually approve more compensation for me?” Essentially, is this someone who can say “No,” but c…
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Only Accept a New Job if it Meets These Two Requirements
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I’ve seen a lot of unhappy people in my day. Some happy ones of course. Some. Not enough. I’ll add to my pile a boat-load of indifferent people. These round-about numbers make me sad. If you’re indifferent or unhappy, I’d like to help you get happy. Let’s do that in today’s talk. That’s what today’s lesson is. A little talk. It’s not an 8-stepper w…
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Resume Revolution: Writing Tips and AI Tricks That Elevate Your Resume
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Your resume is a marketing document, not a work history document. Yes, you use your work history to market yourself, but 99.9% of the people I’ve encountered do it the wrong way. In my work history, for example, I’ve helped companies earn likely billions of dollars. I’ve built project management methodologies. I’ve built enough tools for 10 lifetim…
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Best Way to Explain Your Layoff in a Job Interview
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If you’ve ever been fired or laid off or let go from your job for any reason, it’s dreadful to explain when interviewing for a new job. Don’t fret. Your career happiness expert is here today with answers. Oh, I have more than just answers! I have techniques for any time you’re in “explanation mode” in an interview. I call it “defense mode” because …
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I’m an open-minded person. BUT, if you want to convince me there is any faster route to getting a job interview, and ultimately an offer, other than boss hunting, you better come armed. It makes no difference whether you’re a recent college graduate like Venkata (the hero in today’s lesson) or a seasoned pro. Top to bottom and every which way in be…
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In this dispatch from Bali, I talk about the proactive work we must do in order to architect a deep and solid sense of worthiness. I cover the impact of our childhoods and how it can fracture or create a fissure in our self-worth and how perhaps that fracture is purposeful. It is designed to get us to look within, to remove any belief systems born …
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How to Win the Job Interview for a Role That Isn't Defined
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Do you realize whenever you’re interviewing with a company, you’ll have FAR BETTER results when you treat every interaction as if you’re already a team? What do teams do? They work together to achieve a common goal. From the first screening interview all the way to your salary counteroffer, you’ll be amazed at what manifests when you approach it th…
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There is NO Need to Memorize Job Interview Answers
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Ever have trouble remembering your job interview answers? Actually, my real question to you is, “Why are you trying to remember your job interview answers?” My mind is like a steel trap and I’d never consider trying to remember all the words it takes to give you a (live-show) lesson. That’s just too much stuff. Not to mention, if I memorized it, I’…
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