By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
EFFECTIVE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION In the last section, we discussed how important face-to-face and phone call conversations are as a means of communicating ideas. When it comes to formal business arrangements, however, there is no substitute for the written word. All of your written communications need to be clear, concise and grammatically correct in order to […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Effective Communication over the Phone Conversations on the phone can be a fast way of getting things done, but they can also leave room for confusion if you’re not clear about what you want to discuss at the start, and what the outcomes are of that phone conversation. It is great to chat, but sometimes […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
Public Speaking In the course of meetings, presentations, conferences and so on, you will have to speak in public to audiences both large and small. Studies have shown that public speaking is the number one fear that most people have, while death is only number three. As someone once joked, this means most people would […]
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By Jacques | SUCCESS PRINCIPLES
EFFECTIVE VERBAL COMMUNICATION Verbal communication is often taken for granted because we can all speak, even if we are not good writers. However, effective verbal communication does not come naturally to everyone. Fortunately, it is a skill that can be learned with a bit of time and effort. The Importance of Verbal Communication Spoken words […]
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