Why not do the BBC’s personality test and find out what kind of person you are? Are you more the planner or more the spontaneous type. Are you a facts or an ideas person? Are you a head or a heart person? And are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Get to know yourself a bit better …
The Telegraph has collected a lot of strange signs – all to do with restaurant menus! I mean who would like to eat “chicken of your mother” or “water melons of mother-in-law? I wouldn’t. Would you?
This makes me wonder whether people really order these dishes.
‘Kwik Learning’ explains the interesting time management method called the Pomodoro technique (we talked about some time ago) in simple language.
If you decide to give this technique a try, I’d love to hear from you.
A buzzword is a word or a phrase that normally sounds important and that people use to impress others. Jargon is the specialised language used by people in the same work or profession. They can drive you mad!
Don’t try and impress your readers with these words. Communicate clearly. Use words you know your reader will understand.
Instead of … write …
collaborate work with
cutting edge leading or progressive
empower allow or let
state-of-the-art latest
streamline simplify
Want to read more? Forbes has collected 45 words and expressions you should avoid.
“If your group doesn’t laugh at least four out of five days, you have a real challenge on your hands. Attack it fast because productivity goes up when people love what they do. It goes down when they are not having fun. Small children laugh 400 times daily and adults do so only 15 times a day.”
William Blades
