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As you will soon realize, this is not your typical online web log with themed content. It's more of a bucket page about proper, useful and interesting communication. This collection of definitions, word history and real stories are here to be shared.
Communicating clearly, at work and at home is super important. Whether we're writing or speaking, sometimes we inadvertently use the wrong word thinking it is the right one. When this happens our message can be misinterpreted or completely misunderstood. Hopefully, these explanations on the difference between two similar words will help you to choose the right one.
Speaking of speaking, so many words or tech-terms that we regularly use without thinking, we don't know from where, why or how they came into popular use. One day I got curious and learned about Etymology which is the study of word origins. Here is the good news about these posts. Each one tells an interesting story about a word's history and the reason they were modified and adopted into daily use.
These are real. They actually happened to me or someone I know. They don't follow any typical arc but do serve to reinforce that we all participate in non-sales selling activity at home with friends and family and at work with our co-workers and managers even when we are not in sales. Of course there are also stories about selling for a living, where real transactions take place.
These word-pairing definitions, word origins and real life stories are repurposed from my weekly posts on LinkedIn. If you would like to see the latest one feel free to connect on LinkedIn
For some additional Living is Selling observations, please feel free to click on any of the categories on the right side of the page.