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5 Ways to Get Faster Email Responses

After putting together a course on How To Email Important People and speaking with nearly 200 individuals about their email habits, I've noticed a few common problems that people have with email. The number one complaint

How to Write Your First Novel in Under 4 Weeks

How many times have you started work on a novel, only to abandon the project a few weeks later? After all, between work, family, and sleep, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get what’s in your head down on pap

8 Life Lessons You Should Learn Today

You grasp many life lessons only after making a mistake and realizing, "Oh crap. I wish I'd done something very different." For some lessons, that's not that big of a deal. In other areas, you'd be a lot better off if yo

9 Helpful Tips To Deal With Negative People

Do you have any friends or colleagues who are negative? If so, you'll know they aren't the most enjoyable people to be around. Negative people can be real downers in any conversation. No matter what you say, they have a

9 Ways To Manage People Who Bother You

Ever faced people who bother you? I'm sure all of us have faced such people before. It's okay when we have to face them just once or twice, but there are times when these people emerge in facets of our life where we have

Improve Your Writing With Word Limits

Here’s a scenario that might sound familiar: you are listening to a speech or presentation, or perhaps you are reading an article, an essay, or a report, and it becomes clear that the writer is using words without commun

How to Tell a Funny Joke

“The human race has only one effective weapon, and that is laughter.” -Mark Twain If you want to impress somebody, make them laugh. If you want to connect with someone new, make them laugh. If you want to get a raise fro

8 Qualities of Powerful Writing

Every semester I agonize over how to help my students learn to write more meaningful, interesting papers. Not just in my class, but altogether. Writing well is a key skill in today’s information-heavy society, and above

12 Tips for Better Business Writing

Today’s business world is almost entirely information-driven. Whether you run a small business or occupy a small corner of the org-chart at a massive multinational corporation, chances are that the bulk of your job consi