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Stop Saying These 25 Ridiculous Phrases at Work
By: Travis Bradberry
These days, workplace
conversations can sound like they're taking place on another planet.
At first, euphemisms
surfaced in the workplace to help people deal with touchy subjects that were
difficult to talk about.
Before long, they morphed
into corporate buzzwords that expanded
and took over our vocabulary until our everyday conversations started sounding
like they were taking place on another planet:
Listen Ray, I don't have
the bandwidth for it with everything that's on my plate, but ping me anyway
because at the end of the day it's on my radar and I don't want to be thrown
under the bus because I didn't circle back around on this no-brainer.
I understand the
temptation.
These catchphrases are spicy and they make you feel clever (low-hanging fruit is a crutch
of mine), but they also annoy the hell out of people.
If you think that you can
use these phrases without consequence, you're kidding yourself. Just pay close
attention to how other people react to your using them, and you'll see that
these phrases don't cast you in a favorable light.
After all, TalentSmart has tested
the emotional intelligence of more than a million people and one of the biggest
need areas for most people is social awareness.
Most of us are so focused
on what we're saying and what we're going to say next that we lose sight of how
our words affect other people.
So give this list a read,
think of how often you use some of these words, and see if you can catch
yourself before you use
them again.
Have some fun with it,
because at the end of the day if you don't hit the ground running you can
always go back to the drawing board and get the ball rolling...
At
the end of the day
Back
to the drawing board
Hit
the ground running
Get
the ball rolling
Low-hanging
fruit
Throw
under the bus
Think
outside the box
Let's
touch base
Get
my manager's blessing
It's
on my radar
Ping
me
I
don't have the bandwidth
No
brainer
Par
for the course
Bang
for your buck
Synergy
Move
the goal post
Apples
to apples
Win-win
Circle
back around
All
hands on deck
Take
this offline
Drill-down
Elephant
in the room
On
my plate
What phrases are your pet
peeves?
Please share them in the
comments section below.
It'll also be fun to read
the ridiculous sentences you can come up with using words from the list above
(write them in the comments).
I'll send an autographed
copy of my book to whoever comes up with the phrase that makes me laugh the
hardest.
Because, after all, I learn
just as much from you as you do from me.
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