From the course: Communicating with Confidence (2015)
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Making every word count
From the course: Communicating with Confidence (2015)
Making every word count
- We use words to reach out and connect to others. To make every word count, you need to choose your words carefully and express them meaningfully and enunciate them clearly. There are many, like me, who believe that once words are introduced into the universe, they don't go away. Just think of something nice that someone said to you years ago. You can almost relive the moment. Think back to when you were younger and someone said something insensitive to you or in front of you. Years can pass, yet what those people said long ago, positive or negative, is memorable. So we need to make every word count by choosing our words carefully. I mean, after all, if a word isn't important, why are you using it? We need to express our words meaningfully by making every sentence sound different. You know, we do that already during everyday conversation. We make our voices more interesting, especially if we're telling a good story. Yet when people have to communicate information to others, in a…
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