Did you get it?

Did you get it?

I guess I’m old-fashioned but I come from the school that always lets people know, if they left one, that their message had been received. In return, I always want to make sure they had received my messages so I love to get an acknowledgement. The reason for this...
A positive spin

A positive spin

Now you know I am a pretty positive fellow, always starting my day, with a hearty “Have a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c day!” which works for me every time. But guess what? I’ve found another way to put a positive spin on something I’d always dealt with negatively. We were...
Are you a waffler?

Are you a waffler?

I think you’ll recall that I constantly remind you of the value of checking what you write by using the MSW Readability Test. This is where we aim to get what we write understood by somebody in year 8 to 10. The readability test is a very simple way of checking...
Forget this word

Forget this word

I am amazed how often people put themselves or their businesses down by using one word. And that word is “just”. You’ll hear them say, “I’m just a web designer” or “I’m just a teacher” or “It’s just a printing business”. When just used in that way it really is...