My Blog until 2018

Concepts of time differ across cultures. Southern Europeans, for example, organise their time (and...

Have you noticed how dogs always race to the door when the doorbell rings? I wonder why. It’s...

How flexible and open to change are you? Do the Flextravert Quiz (link to dsd.me) to find out.

How can we translate the German word "Spassvogel" into English? Well, the Deutsche Welle uses the...

What about starting your next presentation with a story? Carl Kwan explains how in this short...

"To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse - German.” Emperor...

Is it ... Where were you yesterday? Where have you been yesterday? Where had you been yesterday?...

"It is a great thing to know our vices." Marcus Tullius Cicero

"About the USA" is an American Studies reader that examines the customs, government and history of...

"I don’t work well under pressure … or any other circumstance."

Both Dylan Thomas and Bob Dylan share a love of words. Can you tell which wise words come from...

Another euphemism you might hear or read about is "vertically challenged". People use it when they...

The Telegraph has published ten phrases that annoy employers most in CVs. They are: "I'm a hard...

How can we become more creative in the next ten minutes? Larry Kim (link to: inc.com) is back with...

"Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted."

Are you a daydreamer? Have you ever written a short story? Are you a good liar? How much do you...

What kind of leader are you? Are you: the classic entrepreneur, the modern missionary, the problem...

You might find it difficult to put apostrophes in the correct place when you are working with...

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." Albert Einstein (This is...

So how do the Germans view the Americans? Listen to what these people have to say  (link to:...

"A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a...

What is your secret weapon? Is it one of your senses or your heart? Do this quick and easy test to...

We've talked about euphemisms before. Remember? They are those milder, vaguer words that are used...

The Visual Communication Guy tells us how to use the most common punctuation mark (what he calls...