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Joined July 2008
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Effective business writing can easily be one of the most useful skill at work. A 2004 NYT article suggests corporate America spends $3.1B annually in remedial trainings for fixing basic writing skills. nytimes.com/2004/12/07/busin… Here are nine time tested principles. Thread 👇🏽
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If black, fight back If brown, lay down If white, good night
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“Work is not a series of words on a LinkedIn profile. It’s a series of moments in the world. And if you don’t enjoy those moments, no sequence of honorifics will dispel your misery.” theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
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8. Activate your voice: Write in active voice whenever you can to add energy, excitement, and clarity to your writing.
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9. Hack away the unessential: This brings us right back in the full circle to clarity. Do the work to write a shorter document rather than a longer one. Cut everything that's not absolutely essential to the point that you need to make.
Amazing to know that the world’s first antibiotic, penicillin was discovered only in 1928 and was first used in 1942. We can take so much for granted now but not a very long while ago people could die of a simple cut or fever.
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H.E.E.L Foundation's Project Nepal gofund.me/3d9e6b17
YouTube just showed me a private jet ad. I must be going places!
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