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Premise Punchup: Clarifying the Message Behind Ann Handley’s New Book
My first foray into the field of content marketing was at a tiny startup in Boston. We’d raised a Series A round of VC and brought in way too many sales people to accelerate growth. That’s why I was there in the first place. They’d hired me away from the sales team at Google. I didn’t like sales, b

Jay Acunzo does a "Premise Punchup" on Ann Handley's next book As Slow As Possible, which isn't released as of this blog post.

"I know Ann is trying to speak to folks outside the business world, or at least help professionals in matters outside of work as much as during business hours. That might mean "competitive edge" needs to swap out for another phrase. But I still like landing here as the sharper version or merely the sturdier starting point to test:
In a world obsessed with speed, your competitive edge is knowing when to slow down."

If you follow Ann's work as I do, reading these two blog posts (Ann's and Jay's) is a good way to cement the ideas in your head.