Thursday, June 21, 2012

ABC of business clichés



Very interesting and useful knowledge in order to really understand the messages of counterparts

I like especially these statements:

  1. It’s about synergies/1 + 1 = 3 = I don’t get the math either, but it sounds like more and more is better, right?

  1. We need to monetize/strategize/analyze/incentivize = When in doubt, stick “-ize” on the end of a word and say we’ve got to do this and 9 out of 10 times, it will sound action-oriented.

  1. It was a perfect storm = We really screwed up but we’re going to blame a bunch of factors that are out of our hands (especially weather)

  1. At the end of the day…. = OK, enough talking back and forth, we’re going to do what I want to do

  1. Don’t leave money on the table = Be as greedy with them as possible

  1. Hope is not a strategy = I don’t have a strategy, but this makes it sound like I’m above people who also don’t have a strategy
  1. This time it’s different because… = Don’t wait for the explanation… simply run for the hills.

  1. We want this to move up and to the right = I failed high school algebra but someone said this means we’ll be making a lot of money if this happens

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