Claudia Raab's Blog

Expanding your vocabulary is a great way of increasing your professional image. Eloquent people - people who can express themselves well - are almost automatically perceived as experts. Expanding your vocabulary is also a great way of conquering your fear of public speaking since the richer your vocabulary the more confident you become.

How about this: Instead of "We have to start all over again" simply use "Back to square one." Do you know where this simple but powerful phrase comes from? Easy: Many board games divide the playing field into numbered sections. Incurring a penalty in a game such as Snakes and Ladders, a player must return to the beginning, or "square one". It's a phrase that dates only to the early 1950 although most of the games that use this system are much older.

Try to use the phrase at least once today and enjoy how this will make you more confident when using the full potential of the English language and at the same time add to your professional image.