An accountant

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...
Focus on your audience

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...
Saying thank you

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:...