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Question: You are preparing to dress for a client presentation where you will be meeting with various levels of executives, including the company president. You have three suits from which to choose: black double-breasted, shark’s skin gray, and navy blue. Your client is a major insurance company. Which suit do you choose?

Answer: Take your cue from the company’s culture and discipline. This is an insurance company; therefore, go conservative. Save your fashionable, double-breasted suit for coming off your yacht and your shark’s skin gray suit for Las Vegas. The classic navy blue suit is never wrong.

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