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Read MoreI have a friend who like many of us has more to do than can actually get done in a day as he grows his business. And yet, he spends some that precious time correcting the emails of one of his employees. They read too much like texts, he explained. He said he felt a need to make them sound more professional. But he also wondered whether it mattered. It’s a good...
Read MoreI wanted to write a post about writing fast while still writing well. And I will. But that’s not exactly what happened for me this week. I wrote fast and what I wrote was okay but not great. So here’s my first insight on the Holy Grail of writing fast while writing well – it’s not always possible. If you’re frustrated that you can’t do both at the same time, take...
Read MoreA funny thing happens when we write. We get hung up on saying things in a certain formal way and using words that we wouldn’t normally use in convoluted sentence structures that wind around the point rather than getting straight to it. Perhaps it’s an attempt to display our undeniable intelligence. Perhaps it’s left over determination to adhere to...
Read MoreI think my house is the site of a truly bizarre and under reported but not uncommon weather phenomenon. I’m quite sure a tornado hit my daughters’ room over the weekend. On Friday, it everything was on the shelves and in the drawers and it could safely be described as orderly. Then sometime over the weekend this thing happened and nothing is where it should be. I...
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