Poor examples
Sometimes, the easiest
way to learn the correct way to do something is to see it done
poorly so in this section of my newsletter, I show you some
real-life examples of writing that need a little help.Today’s example is part of an email newsletter I received!
Example
Web Sites are given
for each business featured, so that you can make direct contact with
these very successful business operators.
A better version would
be: (without changing the meaning)
A web site address is
given for each business featured so you can find out more about
these very successful businesses.
Writing procedures has many advantages for your
business so this eBook makes it easy to
understand their value and write
procedures yourself
Busy Busy
By Tash Hughes
of
Word Constructions
When is
the last time you just sat and did nothing? Or watched a
sunset in a quiet place? Or stopped and really listened
to a piece of music? Unfortunately, doing things like that is uncommon in our
busy lives. There are so many things we believe we
‘need’ or ‘have’ to do that we don’t take time to
recharge ourselves and just stop occasionally. It’s not
just at work that we are busy, either. Even our children
are busy with various activities around school and
homework, and then we also fit in physical activity and
some sort of a social life. But
shouldn’t there be more to life than rushing around and
doing things every second of the day?
Being
overly busy results in us being tired and less creative,
it keeps pumped up and without time to reduce the
pressure. Business fills our minds and we get
overwhelmed and lose track of where we are going as we
are so caught up in the tasks at hand. And all of
that builds into stress. Sure, a bit of stress in our
lives is healthy and keeps us to deadlines, but
continuous stress is exhausting and unhealthy.
When we
are stressed, we become focused on only a few aspects of
our lives - whether it is finishing a project, earning
more money or dealing with a difficult relationship.
Being so focused makes it hard to see the wholeness of
life, and this can also mean missed opportunities.
You can
read a bit more about busyness
here.
