English Etiquette

We'd all like to think that communicating on the job is an easy task. But there are those days with unpleasant - and even downright angry - emails, phone calls, and unexpected visits. So how do you deal with it? This short two-minute solution provides practical, tested tactics for "dealing with it", in writing and in speaking.

If you're a self-publishing writer then you'll need a good beta reader. Beta readers are people who read your books before you publish them to make sure your stories are logical to your readers. Every author should have at least one beta reader, and this book will explain how to get one.

In Practical Influence, R. Morris Sims introduces general principles of influence, which can be applied to any situation, as well as principles for business, and for families and personal relationships. Each chapter introduces specific concepts and learning points, and offers action assignments to put the theories into use. In breezy, cheerfully matter-of-fact, commonsense fashion, Sims teaches easily implementable skills and strategies to help listeners make more positive impacts at home and at work.

Lord Primcock’s new servant, Adra, is as brazen as she is wanton. Such things require a correction. However, even as the nubile servant receives her first lesson in etiquette at the hands of her lord, she can’t help but crave the effects of Primcock’s sword cane and the subtle energy it harnesses.

Working with difficult people can reduce your morale, threaten your productivity, deplete your energy, and waste your time. But you don't have to be helpless in the face of other people's craziness! Knowing how to handle coworkers' disruptive behavior is one of the most important career skills you can have, allowing you to become a more valuable employee and a more self-reliant person.

Ethics - described briefly as the norms by which acceptable and unacceptable behaviors are measured - has been the concern, and perhaps the great dilemma, of sentient humans since Socrates subjected it to philosophical inquiry almost 2500 years ago. Socrates believed, without universal acceptance, that the most pertinent issues people must deal with are related to how we live our lives, what actions are and are not righteous, and how people should live together peacefully and harmoniously.