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Look at these German words that have no direct English translation.

We want to be more productive, but we also want to enjoy life, don't we? The Coaching Tools...

You're writing to someone, but don't know if it's a man or a woman. This is something I had...

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless...

I love reading Geoffrey James's articles. Here's one on ways to conquer stress (link to: inc.com)....

You'll find lots of great ideas here to help you improve your productivity. Some of my favourites:...

Dates can be written in various ways: 2017-08-29 29/08/2017 29th August, 2017 29th Aug. 2017...

"He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg." Chinese...

If you grew up with German parents, you might like to read this humorous article! (But 18, 19 and...

"What’s the difference between a cat and a comma? The cat has claws at the end of its paws, and...

How much do you know about pizza? Do the BBC quiz to find out. And here are some fun facts about...

How would you translate the following German sentence? Wir müssen das heute nicht entscheiden. I'd...

Geoffrey James talks about seven things highly likable people do and suggests that we adopt these...

So you're working on an important text that you'd like to send out via email. But, before you...

“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Mark Twain

According to British etiquette expert William Hanson, we should only use the word "Champagne" if...

Here's a very well-known tongue twister: "She sells seashells on the sea shore. The shells she...

Are you a real coffee connoisseur? Do the BBC quiz to find out. A connoisseur? An expert judge in...

We sometimes use 'pleonasms' without giving them a second thought. And what are they? A 'pleonasm'...

We all know to-do lists, don't we? And many of us use them regularly. According to Adam Dachis, we...

Positive sentences are shorter and easier to understand if we replace a negative phrase (like...

"The future depends on what you do today." Mahatma Gandhi

You're a passenger in someone else's car. How do you behave? Do you vape in the car? Do you switch...

"When I was young there was only 25 letters in the alphabet? Nobody knew why." Do you get it? Look...