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How to Get Your Emails Opened

Which email would you rather open first 'More Bad News' or 'Quick Update on XYZ for You'? What about 'Tax Time Again' or 'Ways to Save You Money'? Emailing. It's such a key piece in our day-to-day lives.

Influencing Skills: Do You Know How Valuable You Are?

That expression 'talk is cheap' is a powerful one. The idea that words mean less than actions was the intention of this expression but in actual fact, talk can be expensive, it can be valuable, it can be discounted and it can also be cheap. It depends on the words you use and the value you attach to yourself, your subject and the value you attach to what you do, as you talk about it.

Being Persuasive - How's Your Pillow Talk?

It's so easy to lose your message, your audience, their attention, their trust by using 'weasel' words. By using 'gobbledeegook' if you will - and it's everywhere, like an epidemic.

Pass The TOEFL: Three Strategies To Help You Pass The English Exam

Each year, approximately 8 million students take the university English proficiency exam to get into the university, college, or school of their choice. Certainly, the most widely used English entrance exam is the TOEFL iBT test. Unfortunately, a good percentage of the ESL students taking the test fail it the first time.

Do You Shoot From the Lip? How to Zip-It and Give Yourself Breathing Space!

This is a tricky one for so many of us. Wait. Pause.

Avoid Being Stuck in a Conversation

We've all been there haven't we? You're at a social function, a networking event, a business conference and your intention is to circulate, meet new people, catch up with colleagues and friends and then you get stuck. What started off as an exchange of ideas can then turn into a one-way street where someone goes from being interesting and helpful, for example, to dull and droning on.

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