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Fact-affirmation

One line, said before the thing that matters, that is a fact and not a wish. Tess’s is “I prepared; I know this file”, and it will still be true when the interview is over. “I am going to be brilliant” is a forecast, and the room decides forecasts. File 10.1 · Chapter 8 · see Thought record; One page, the

Explained in Chapter 8, Own It, of The Lawyer's Personal Brand.

How it comes up, in Chapter 8
A fact-affirmation is one line, said before the thing that matters, that is a fact and not a wish. Tess's is “I prepared; I know this file”, and by “this file” she means her own deals. The line also opens the page she takes into the interview (Chapter 10).
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