I’m obsessed with helping people. I’m not a doctor, therapist, convenience store clerk, park ranger, or general contractor, however – so I can’t help you with your foot fungus, daddy issues, lotto habit, insatiable botanical curiosity, or basement renovation. What I am is a writer, editor, and natural-born teacher with a tremendous work ethic and an innate desire to help the world be as lovely and humane a place as possible. So my blog is focused on sharing small lessons I’ve learned: small ways to be a better writer, a better worker, and a better human.
Change happens incrementally. Start small.
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We all enjoy looking smarter than we are. Sadly, however, there’s no avoiding the fact that people make judgments about other people's intelligence based on the smallest bits of data. It's not fair, but it happens.
Read MoreWelcome to our FINAL blog installment focused on sorting out some of the most commonly confused words in the English language.
Read MoreWelcome to part two of our list of some of the English language's most commonly confused word pairs.
Read MoreThe English language is rife with super-fun word pairs in which one word is commonly confused with the other. Some simply sound alike. Others have overlapping/similar meanings that are hard to keep straight.
Read MoreFlagrant misuse of apostrophes is yet another unfortunate reality in today's world. I admit, however, that flagrant misuse of apostrophes does lead to some good jokes.
Read MoreJust as others find value and interest in things I can't pretend to understand (e.g., golf, doomsday prophecies, gambling, manicures), I don't expect everyone to have time for the comma.
Read MoreThere are countless reasons you may be introducing yourself via a written missive, hoping to convince whomever you’re writing to that they should do you the honor of meeting you. How do you write an email that gets you that introduction?
Read MoreThe need to incite action by others presents its own set of superfun challenges. And while I have no magic or utterly foolproof solutions, I do have a few strategies worth trying.
Read MoreImagine a world where you make an announcement on a conference call and people legitimately pay attention, pausing in their feverish multitasking or online shoe shopping long enough to genuinely listen.
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