Writing Skills

Writing Prompts: 20 Interesting Ideas To Help You Start Writing Daily

Writing prompts

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  How To Improve Your Writing, Part 2: One of the favorite advice in 'How to improve your writing' was to write often. We will also cover what topic to write about in our guide to ...
Writing Skills

Seven Bits Of Writing advice from William Zinnser

Writing quotes


1. Sell yourself, and your subject will exert its own appeal: Believe in your own identity and your own opinions. Proceed with confidence, generating it by willpower. Writing is an act of ego, and you...
Writing Skills

20 Best Ways To Improve Your Writing Skills



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What is written communication? Expressing yourself clearly, briefly, logically, and simply in written form - letters, email, reports, proposals, sales letters, memos etc. It is also writing per...
Communication Skills

A Simple Guide To Non-Verbal Communication

Non verbal communication


1. What is non verbal communication? Simply, the use of body language to convey meaning. Research says 55 - 65 % of all communication is done non-verbally. Experts also say we use verbal communicat...
Communication Skills

Basics Of Phone Etiquette

Etiquette


Most of it is common sense stuff: Be prepared (why are you calling, who do you want to speak to, and are you calling at the right time?), be polite/friendly/courteous to whoever picks the phone, estab...
Communication Skills

How To (Really) Control Your Emotions

Emotional intelligence


Don't worry,   1. This is not one of those comforting guides to seek balance in your actions and emotions, not getting involved, observing at the situation from above and get a higher p...
Communication Skills

Culture Smarts: Taking In Cultural Cues From Across The World

People skills | Body language


One guide isn't enough to tell you about interpersonal communication with different culture. There are 200+ nations in the world, so you can guess how much you have to know about the verbal and no...
Communication Skills

How To Complain

People skills

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  1. The best tip about complaining is to complain with a plan, and to a relevant audience. Saying, 'my job sucks' to a co-passenger in the train is effective only when the co-pass...
Communication Skills

Seven Simple Ways To Give Praise

People skills


You have already done the leg work by being 'brave' and 'generous' enough to acknowledge other people's contributions. Now just make sure,   1. You praise people for rea...
Communication Skills

How To Criticize

People skills


1. The best advice on how to criticize is perhaps the 'praise sandwich': Give any criticism, but start and end with a praise. 'Hey, you got a great aim, John Connor. But you sometimes w...