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Kicking off a new series of posts today, called Get What You Want This Year. Because it’s about time, isn’t it? “Only rich people actually travel,” she said. “Oh really? Why’s that?” I asked. “Because it’s expensive.” “Huh. If you could go anywhere, where would you want to go?” “France.” “Okay, just for fun, let’s figure…
This is the season of gratitude, reflection, and thanks. Here is what I have to say to you: Thank you for visiting my corner of the Internet. It’s a jumbly, noisy place, and I don’t take your attention for granted. Thanks for taking time to learn more about how people work. My goal in writing this…
Know what the best words are, sometimes? None at all. Last week, we talked about how to take a paragraph from your site and slim it down. That was largely about removing non-contributing words and replacing them with livelier ones. But sometimes I see a wall of words on a business website and think – they…
I had a mean biology professor once. Okay, fine. He wasn’t mean, he just made life terrifically inconvenient. He assigned an 18-page paper. Then, once we’d finished, he demanded that we turn in the same paper in only 12 pages. As in, cut the length by a third. Still delivering the same paper. WHAT. So…