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Mired in Political Correctness and Missing the Point

Talk about the pendulum swinging one way and then back again. We started out in the "PC" revolution where it seemed that every descriptive label used in our language was called into question. Today, that same political correctness has evolved and embedded itself into our corporate lexicon to the point that we don't even know it's there anymore. Read More

Meaning

Hi Donna,
It's interesting how much personal meaning we bring to the table with definitions and individual words. The word "short" means different things to different people. I suppose that is why there is that expression about eskimos having 100 different words for snow. Not sure if that's true or not, but if it is, then they are truly on to something!
Thanks.
-Dan

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Donna Flagg is the author of Surviving Dreaded Conversations.

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