I have trouble avoiding clichés. They’re lazy forms of writing and speech. Admittedly some clichés get us through life. Their repetition is helpful to inspire or affirm life. But clichés rarely ...

Any writing expert will tell you: If you want to get your message across, avoid clichés. The problem is, no one seems to know what, exactly, a cliché is. Is it an overused sentence like “The grass is ...

If that seems harsh, think of how clichés harm writing, draw unwelcome attention, replace freshness with staleness and rob readers of the pleasure of original expressions that make writing memorable.

LinkedIn has changed the way professionals communicate, especially in public. Before LinkedIn was launched in 2003, corporate language sounded different and was found mainly in meeting rooms, memos, ...