I’ve been blessed to speak on four continents in front of crowds ranging from seven to 7,000. I’ve spoken at schools, churches, corporate chicken dinners and at backyard barbecues. Somehow through ...

Effective communication is an essential skill for managers and employers. Using positive language to describe your team members is a powerful tool to show your support and admiration for their hard ...

Consider the word “charismatic.” If someone called me charismatic, I will be incredibly flattered (and hugely surprised). But if I call myself charismatic, you will think I’m a jerk–and rightly so.

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Most words have a rather abstract connection to the things they describe. The word "yellow" is not actually yellow. The word "square" is not a square. Nor do we expect them to be. That's the way of ...