communication | communication
Jun.27.2011
I was on the radio this morning speaking about curiosity. What does it mean to be curious? One of the listeners on the program noted that asking questions is "an inquisitive way to learn what coworkers and supervisors expect of you". Her statement made me pause. Sure! Ask questions to...
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Jun.08.2011
petroleumjelliffe
Next time you've got mail, you better check it carefully. And not just if you're one of Anthony Weiner's sexting partners.
Could someone with access to your private account consider its contents obscene? Lewd? Too sexually descriptive? And decide to take it down?
Yes.
The...
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May.22.2011
People have been short with me lately.
Their emails say, "Gd 2 hear from u. TTYS."
I puzzle over the words, until the advice of my first grade teacher comes to mind. "If you see a word you don't know, sound it out."
Gd idea.
Once I decipher the code, that's when the...
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May.21.2011
Over the past twenty years I've written a dozen short stories and eight novels with my personal opinion that I was communicating well through words, sharing my life and hopefully gifting entertaining pieces of my imagination through my real and fictional stories.
I liken communicating and writing...
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May.10.2011
If anyone ever cared to ask me what is the most common question asked of you during a day I would have to say that it is; What's for Dinner? I am so accustomed to it by now that it does not phase me in the least. In fact, even when I do not know what is for dinner, even if I have not given it the...
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May.06.2011
Writing for Free: Passion, Persistence, and Patience
Valentine McKay-Riddell, Ph.D.
2011
"You should never write anything for free!"
My sister's admonition ringing in my ears, I sit down once again to write-for free-about whether or not to do so. Why? I could say that I'...
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May.03.2011
Milt and I had a nice coffee chat this morning. I realized a couple of things while we were talking. Although this time we spend talking doesn’t produce much or help cross items off our do list, it’s probably the most important time of day for us. It starts with scattered chatter, this and that...
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Apr.25.2011
My twin and I were born twelve years apart in two different states from two different sets of parents. Well… other than that, we share so many “coincidences” you’d think we are twins. We are constantly amazed at our similarities.
About the same height with fine hair and blue eyes, we share any...
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Apr.15.2011
Article first published as TheFurFiles - A World Of Worry, Bicoastal Botheration, Wanna Date Her Daughter on Technorati.
Madame Floretta "Fern" De Villiers, a.k.a. "Amanda Fox", is an author or erotic fiction and commentary. This is her weekly advice column.
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Apr.12.2011
When making a presentation, one of the most difficult challenges a salesperson faces is holding the prospect's attention. Salespeople are not alone in this—anyone who has done any public speaking can attest—but in sales there is added pressure. For them it’s a sale that’s on the line, so completing...
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