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Thirty-second answer

What you do, said at the speed of a person rather than a lawyer, in the time a stranger will give you. It starts with what you are and ends with what you are for. The first sentence stays the same in every room, and only the last one changes. File, Part 9 · Chapter 10 · see Positioning; One page, the

Explained in Chapter 10, The Thirty-Second Answer, of The Lawyer's Personal Brand.

How it comes up, in Chapter 10
Sooner or later a stranger asks what you do, and hopes the answer will be short. The thirty-second answer is what you do, said at the speed of a person rather than a lawyer, in the time a stranger will give you. It starts with what you are and ends with what you are for. The first sentence stays the same in every room, and only the last one changes.
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