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"Not everything that can be counted counts and not everything that counts can be counted." Albert...

Is saying 'thank you' really dying out? In this BBC interview etiquette expert William Hanson...

A voice on the office loudspeaker announced: "We will be testing the new speaker system to make...

I presume that you have a fairly normal desk in your office. A few people I work with have...

So you want to explain that you've forgotten your 'Kulturbeutel' but you don't know what it's...

What do you think about Microsoft's holiday e-card for Brazilian clients (created by SOAP...

  Why not use strong verbs instead of weak ones in your writing? Weak words can make your...

"Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes." Mahatma Gandhi...

Here's another historical film which I can highly recommend. 'The Other Boleyn Girl' is loosely...

I hope your company doesn't have terrible rules like this one! 😉    

Vocabulary.com says that it's the "quickest, most intelligent way to improve your vocabulary". I...

A man usually keeps his money in a wallet, while a woman has her money in a purse. Well, at least...

STEAL THIS PRESENTATION! from Jesse Desjardins - @jessedee Do your presentations move and inspire...

... by making your paragraphs shorter. Breaking your text into smaller blocks makes it so much...

"If you judge people, you have no time to love them." Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was a Roman...

I know that the British weather can be quite unpredictable, however, if you do go to Britain, you...

One day an employee received an unusually large paycheck. He decided not to say anything about it....

We spoke about a memory technique called the LOCI method some time ago. Do you remember? Watch...

In Germany, we talk about 'Brückentage' or 'bridge days'. According to Wikipedia, these are the...

I do like these tips (link to www.dummies.com) on how to introduce a new employee to your...

According to PRDaily.com there are some writing rules you are allowed to break. That's good news....

"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that...

China Daily's photo gallery entitled 'Photographing Life and Faces' - with easy-to-read captions -...