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2 secrets for success after college

April 25, 2019April 24, 2019 wally metts2 Comments

Find intelligent people who can sustain and support a point of view. Learn from these people.

Posted in communication, educationTagged Bible, classics, Deborah Tannen, growth, reading, success, writing

4 ancient strategies of persuasion

April 18, 2019April 17, 2019 wally metts1 Comment

How do we say difficult things to difficult people?

Posted in commentary, communicationTagged Aaron Burr, alexander Hamilton, Christine Porath, duel, grace, incivility, persuasion, rhetoric, social media, Weber Shandwick, wisdom

in defense of meetings

June 14, 2018June 14, 2018 wally metts4 Comments

T. S. Eliot observed that we measure out our lives in coffee spoons. Actually, we are more likely to do it on an electronic scale. I put 12 grams of loose leaf tea in a beaker each morning. They use a scale at the coffee shop too. But my life is not measured that way. … Continue reading in defense of meetings →

Posted in communicationTagged coffee spoons, dilbert, meetings, speech act

the peril of “reply all”

March 28, 2017 wally mettsLeave a comment

Here are some situations where ‘reply all’ is counterproductive if not downright rude.

Posted in communication, technology, UncategorizedTagged email, reply all

how to witness on the web

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 wally mettsLeave a comment

With practice and patience Christians can learn how to awaken or uncover felt need or deep hunger by asking better questions online.

Posted in church, commentary, communicationTagged answers, Christian witness, questions, social media, witnessing

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