Can You Get To The Point?

Make sure they know what the point is, quickly We’ve all sat in meetings, in presentations, at lunches haven’t we, when someone has been rambling on or pontificating about something and we’ve asked ourselves ‘what’s your point?’ or ‘I wonder what the point is here?’ ...

Do You Mean To Scare People Off?

  We’ve all heard someone start off with “Well, the trouble is” or “What worries me is” haven’t we?   Or what about the classic “Now, our first problem is” – talk about putting you on your back foot and priming you for ‘trouble ahead’. You know the...

Take 5 More Seconds And Save Hours

Do you just burst in unannounced? “Hello, Hi, Hiya, Howzit, Howdee”– just a few of the many ways to greet people but they all come down to the same thing – a quick greeting, an easy opener. According to my trusty dictionary, a greeting is “a polite word or sign...

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