Tag: jargon

  • This is your cold outreach competition

    1:49pm
    Saint Paul

    They say you only have to try and you’re already ahead of 99% of other people.

    Is that true?

    Not in my experience.

    But it IS a good idea that makes people feel like they’ve accomplished something.

    I got a cold email today that starts by greeting someone else… and then it gets worse:

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  • Kill the Industry Insider Talk (…except sometimes)

    8:45am
    Saint Paul

    Last week I came across this tidbit:

    Workplace jargon hurts employee morale, collaboration, study finds

    The short of it is that jargon——those “industry insider” words that most people don’t understand——doesn’t only confuse outsiders.

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  • Speak In Their Skibbidy

    9:47am
    Saint Paul

    Saw a brainrot video today:

    This school brings in a polyglot—someone who speaks many languages—to tell students why its important to learn other languages.

    And this rizzler low-key gives the presentation in Gen Alpha slang. No cap, chat.

    Lucky for us, the video has subtitles in English.

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