{"id":36,"date":"2015-06-08T20:43:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T00:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.behavioralobservations.com\/?p=36"},"modified":"2015-06-13T14:01:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T18:01:19","slug":"a-reflection-on-my-own-verbal-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behavioralobservations.com\/be_obs\/a-reflection-on-my-own-verbal-behavior","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on my own verbal behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As they say, the truth hurts. After reading this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inc.com\/travis-bradberry\/please-stop-saying-these-25-ridiculous-phrases-at-work.html\">article<\/a>, I noticed that I have some of these phrases in my verbal repertoire. I don't ever say, \"drill down,\" but I recall using the term, \"Bandwith,\" the other day in a meeting....<\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of the 25 most overused phrases in work settings:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At the end of the day<\/li>\n<li>Back to the drawing board<\/li>\n<li>Hit the ground running<\/li>\n<li>Get the ball rolling<\/li>\n<li>Low-hanging fruit<\/li>\n<li>Throw under the bus<\/li>\n<li>Think outside the box<\/li>\n<li>Let's touch base<\/li>\n<li>Get my manager's blessing<\/li>\n<li>It's on my radar<\/li>\n<li>Ping me<\/li>\n<li>I don't have the bandwidth<\/li>\n<li>No brainer<\/li>\n<li>Par for the course<\/li>\n<li>Bang for your buck<\/li>\n<li>Synergy<\/li>\n<li>Move the goal post<\/li>\n<li>Apples to apples<\/li>\n<li>Win-win<\/li>\n<li>Circle back around<\/li>\n<li>All hands on deck<\/li>\n<li>Take this offline<\/li>\n<li>Drill-down<\/li>\n<li>Elephant in the room<\/li>\n<li>On my plate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you use any of these?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As they say, the truth hurts. 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