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Quick Tip - Fix Your Vocabulary

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Quick Tip - Fix Your Vocabulary

What you say can hurt you - Issue #36

Larry Cornett, Ph.D.
Oct 4, 2019
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Quick Tip - Fix Your Vocabulary

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Many people use hedging phrases and unnecessary qualifiers in their communication. I still catch myself using a “weak word” when I’m speaking and mentally note, “I’ve gotta stop saying that!”

I think we naturally try to soften the request or demand. We think that these phrases build rapport, when in fact they simply make us look uncertain and weak.

I’m su…

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