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How to Use Words with Maximum Impact
Word Police on Patrol There’s this interesting video where a girl asks why we call something “man-made” (here) when women were also a part of its construction. Many explode with rage over the suggestion that we alter or update our language. I’m not one of them. People who rage at the idea that we use…
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The Words I Wish I Had Said More
Personal Branding: An Annoying Exercise “What music do you like?” I asked a fellow cube-jockey. I asked this innocent question not so long ago, in the endless cubicles of The Corporation. Her response was strange. She bowed her head, shy about her answer. “Justin Beiber,” she mumbled. She even winced a little, expecting me to mock…
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The “No Life Advantage” of a Comment Commando
Hiding from Our Beautiful World I was on a cruise in the Caribbean, enjoying a vacation many can only dream of. The sun was high, the sky so clear and blue it almost hurt to see. Sparkles dotted the ocean out to the horizon. It was one of those vistas so breathtaking, that I gave…