14 (EASY) Ways to Be a Better Writer While WFH

14 (EASY) Ways to Be a Better Writer While WFH

Are you still working from home (WFH)? Or, as a client put it to me this morning, “living at work”? As challenging as it can be, those of us WFH have gained back a little time in our days because we don’t have to commute. And there, as the one who wants everyone to be a better, faster writer, I see WFH as opening up just a weeee bit of time for people to work on the critical communication skill of writing. Plus, I’ll be honest with you, as the farmer, I have had very little time this July to encourage anyone to do so—including...
This Saw Blade Can Do It All! (or: Proofreading Matters When Safety Counts)

This Saw Blade Can Do It All! (or: Proofreading Matters When Safety Counts)

I saw this sign while at a local hardware store waiting for some lumber to be cut. It would be one thing if this sign were scrawled on a piece of cardboard using a felt-tip marker. Then I could excuse the errors as being the result of some harried employee hurriedly writing these safety instructions. However, this sign was professionally printed and hung, and is probably one of many hanging in the different locations of this particular hardware store chain. That in and of itself is sad, that money and effort went into creating this...