{"id":461,"date":"2008-01-22T22:27:03","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T05:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/461\/im-nobody-special-but-im-speaking-anyway"},"modified":"2020-04-19T23:28:56","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T04:28:56","slug":"im-nobody-special-but-im-speaking-anyway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/im-nobody-special-but-im-speaking-anyway\/461\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Nobody Special, But I&#8217;m Speaking Anyway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m a Lean Six Sigma Conference Speaker. 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