Terry Starbucker has a great post
on the 5 types of words to avoid.
They are…
Negation Words
Half-heart Words
Run to the Dictionary Words
Absolute words
and
Bad Emphasis words
I’ve covered many of these
in past posts
(Terry adds some additional examples).
All except for absolute words.
This is a no-brainer.
There is no such thing as can’t, always, or never.
Anything is possible
if you throw enough resources at it.
You CAN do it.
It simply may take more energy
than it is worth.
Use always or never
and the person you’re speaking to
will come up with an exception.
Your credibility is immediately blown.
Craft your language
to exclude these five types of words.