by J.M. Lacey | May 29, 2024 | Communication tactics
“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.” — Virginia Woolf, author. I don’t know about you, but I love history....
by J.M. Lacey | May 22, 2024 | Company organization
Picture the scene: you walk into an office’s lobby to conduct business, perhaps pay a utility bill, and you hear loud voices before you open the door. When you open the door, you see employees bickering with one another. The discussion is heated. You hear a door slam,...
by J.M. Lacey | May 19, 2024 | Writing
“Listen, and you will realize that we are made not from cells or from atoms. We are made from stories.” — Mia Couto, Mozambican writer If you are a writer, especially a novelist, you’re probably familiar with story arcs or narratives. In brief, an arc is a rise to the...
by J.M. Lacey | May 12, 2024 | Writing
Whenever I listen to speeches, the figurative red pen is moving furiously in my head. The speakers often give me too much to work with. For example, they add illustrations and stories that do not fit the theme and instead, are focused on them. They likely reason that...
by J.M. Lacey | May 10, 2024 | Writing
Not long ago I sat to write a thank you card to a dear friend. It’s a mental process, really. It begins with the card or letter I receive with a small gift in the mail. My heart is instantly warmed when I see our handwritten address and the return address of the...
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