[3-minute read] Do you home in on an important point or do you hone in?Do you pore over a document or pour over it?Is your company world renown or world renowned?Do you want to get something off your conscious?Do you get the lowdown or get the low-down? When words in idioms sound similar, people often […]
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[3-minute read] How often has someone forwarded you a long email chain with the words “See below” stuck to the top? It’s maddening! What precisely in the seven emails below are you supposed to be seeing? When people forward an email chain with the words see below at the top, they run many risks: not
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“I have put my Plan’s and Dreams into this project and I hope you will like it as much as I do.” I received this message from a client who wanted me to recommend a product she’s developing. I didn’t get as far as deciding whether to recommend her product; I was flummoxed by the
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[4 minutes to read] There is one thing you can do to super-charge your productivity in the coming year. It’s not new. It’s not sexy. But it works. What you can do is to clarify the Three P’s: purpose, person, and point. Before you communicate, consider these questions: What is my purpose? Are you informing,
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[4 minutes to read] Her and me went to the theater.Me and Eddie are going to the mall.The wedding invitation was addressed to she and I. AARRGGHH! Sentences like these are careening around the world of spoken and written business communication, landing like fingernails on a chalkboard to anyone who cares about language. And there
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