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This little yellow duck might be smarter than your colleagues

Gail P Sherman
Sep 30, 2025
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If you have ever been stuck trying to fix something, only to have the solution appear seemingly by magic when explaining the problem out loud to someone else, you’re not alone. But what do you do when you are stuck and have no one to talk to? Try talking to a rubber duck. It may sound ridiculous, but it works.

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