An accountant
A woman was told she had only several months to live.
“What should I do?” she asked her doctor.
“Marry an accountant,” he said.
“Will that make me live longer?” she asked.
“No,” he replied, “but it will seem longer.”
Test yourself
Some researchers believe that men can have women’s brains and that women think more like men. Do the Sex ID test and find out what kind of brain you have!
If you’re happy and you know it …
Are you looking for different ways to express happiness and sadness?My favourite phrases for happiness are:
I’m on top of the world.
I’m on cloud nine.
I’m in seventh heaven.
And for sadness are:
I feel really down about it all.
I’m feeling very low about it.
He’s down in the dumps today.
Macmillan Dictionary has a list of more phrases you might like to use: http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/language-tip-of-the-week-feeling-happy
Focus on your audience
Don’t bore your audience by reading your PowerPoint slides. You don’t want them to think that you don’t care about your speech, do you?
As T. J. Walker (link to: www.youtube.com) recommends, write your text on a piece of paper (I normally recommend index cards) and keep it on a table in front of you, and only put images on the slides. That way you are more likely to use your own words!
Saying thank you
We talked about thanking people a month or two ago. Of course, you could write: “Thank you very much for the lovely book you sent me”.But what about changing the sentence around a little and adding something a bit more personal? Something like: “What a lovely book you sent me. It’s the perfect present. I haven’t been able to put it down. Thank you so much!”
On the importance of keeping things simple
“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” Thomas Jefferson