Beware: There are small talk criminals lurking everywhere. The coffee shop, your kids' school, the gym, the office, the dinner party. These brazen bullies strike quickly and without warning - and they don't care who they hurt. My ongoing series, Talk Tyrants, serves two purposes: it allows …
Archives for October 2013
The Evils of Email – Yet Again. Why Email Can Be Our Worst Enemy.
I'll say it again: email can be evil. Emailing in the heat of the moment is like taking four shots of whiskey and starting a bar fight - you think it's a good idea until 30 seconds later when you are in way over your head and regretting your last move. And let's not forget the raging …
Banish the Boo – Why Booing is Bad News Any Time of Year.
I was at a sporting event recently and overhead several fans using what my mother would call “colorful language.” It happens. It happens so often in fact that a reader of mine wrote to me about how to deal with the foul language of others and I wrote a blog offering …