Monthly Archives: November 2016

Keep Your Eye on the Ball

With the Cleveland Browns now winless in 12 games, let’s reflect, mercifully, on the Indians’ run all the way to the seventh game of the World Series. This was accomplished despite a relatively paltry payroll, as noted in a Nov. … Continue reading

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Listening

I think you’ll agree that an attribute we deeply appreciate in others is listening skills. So in a fast-paced digital world, how can we enhance our written communications to show we are paying attention? Here are three tips: 1. Echo … Continue reading

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Who?

Take a look at this sentence from an article that appeared shortly before the election: You could do a survey, which is merely a collection of answers from whomever cares enough to answer the survey. Did the author and editor get everything … Continue reading

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Back Pain

We need to remember that many words beginning with re-, such as reflect, return, and revert, do not need to be followed by back: Even when I already know the story, I like hearing Grandma reflect back on her early days … Continue reading

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