Do you find yourself beginning sentences with phrases such as\u00a0\u201cI was just wondering<\/em>,\u201d \u201cI\u2019d like to know,<\/em>\u201d or “I was hoping<\/em>“?<\/p>\n

Weak phrases like these make you look slow and hesitant. Whether it’s in a meeting, an interview, or a conversation with a colleague, you want to look strong and confident. So get straight to the point and\u00a0begin\u00a0questions with these words instead:<\/p>\n

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• Please (verb)<\/li>\n
• Who<\/li>\n
• What<\/li>\n
• When<\/li>\n
• Where<\/li>\n
• Why<\/li>\n
• Thank you…<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Do you find yourself beginning sentences with phrases such as\u00a0\u201cI was just wondering,\u201d \u201cI\u2019d like to know,\u201d or “I was hoping“? Weak phrases like these make you look slow and hesitant. Whether it’s in a meeting, an interview, or a conversation with a colleague, you want to look strong and confident. So get straight to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/phyllismindell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/hands-people-woman-meeting.jpg?fit=3574%2C2383","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jcdI-t","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":277,"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/phyllismindell.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}