Beyond the Rhetoric

You’ll find that there is an abundance of material available, both online and offline, trying to teach you how you can be more productive and more efficient. They’ll tell you about developing a work ethic and how you can use tools like to-do lists to maximize your productivity at work. What these tips and guides [...]

@michaelkwan You’re welcome! Bad grammar is a pet peeve. Have you done one on “breathe” vs. “breath” yet? I’m always open to suggestions for new article ideas on Beyond the Rhetoric, so I’m more than happy to address this concern posed by reex on Twitter. After all, we could all work to improve our grammar, [...]

Before you can head out and approach the world in the right way, you have to be complete within yourself. It’s important that you take a moment to look at yourself in the mirror, clarifying your core values and opinions. It can be scary to gaze deep into your own eyes to see your true [...]

Last week, I announced a new contest for a free back to school wardrobe comprised of three geek chic t-shirts. To enter this contest, all you had to do was leave a comment on the contest post saying why you need to get some new clothes for school (or the office). Before I get to [...]

Some blokes in London may know a portmanteau as a leather traveling bag, but that’s not really the kind of portmanteau that’s going to help you find your unique writing voice. Instead, I’m talking about the writing device of the same name. A portmanteau is when you create a new word (neologism) by combining two [...]