My sentences were rife with meaningless words and fillers. What I didn’t realize is that by using them, I was sabotaging myself and my writing. Weak words can sneak into our writing anywhere ...

Lifehacker has pointed us to Squawkfox, which has cataloged six words that you should purge from your resume. The problem is that these words mask your real accomplishments â€" you might be ...

As you compose emails and documents (and in conversation too), remove these words and phrases from your vocabulary. They make you look weak. More from Danny Rubin: A 5-second strategy for writing ...

Weak Words, Weak Leader What do all have in common? They use verbal qualifiers, or “splitters”, which weaken their language. And so they are perceived by others as weak leaders. Here are the ...

The Harvard Business Review article, Replace Meaningless Words with Meaningful Ones,by Jerry Weissman advises us to replace weak, meaningless words with stronger ones. He talks about how a simple ...

The word “just” is also a dead giveaway. It’s a weak throwaway word that doesn’t need to be there. And, if you say “sorry” in an email, it comes across as timid. It’s all about ...