What does your ‘to-do’ list look like? Does this question bring tears to your eyes? Or does it make you ask ‘to-do list? what to-do list?’  Are you frustrated because you have so many tasks not yet finished, you want to get that report finished, you need to update your website, or even complete those kitchen renovations? Well, you know what? The only thing truly stopping you is… you.

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At a recent conference, I was pleased to see that the panel assembled on stage was a 50-50 mix of men and women. A refreshing change. All on stage were senior people in their respective companies and were top decision makers. All was going well, until I heard the following introduction. “Hi, my name is xxx and it’s great to be here today. I am no expert. I am just the Marketing Director of yyy.”

In verbal communication, we can often quite easily understand how sincere the speaker is. That’s because we actually have an instrument – our voices – that can convey the nuances of meaning. Sincerity, or the lack thereof, can also come through quite easily in the written word, too, whether we want it to or not.