Anthony Scaramucci: Choosing the Right Words Can Turn Failure into Success
Anthony Scaramucci is no angel, but he does choose his words carefully. If you don't evolve along with language, it can be catastrophic for businesses and team dynamics.
04 November, 2016
The age of email has pushed us to confront the importance of how things are phrased. How often have you had to wipe out a sentence and re-write it to convey the tone you really intended? As much as you may loathe (or like) exclamation marks and smiley faces, there are times when these hieroglyphs are just plain necessary to avoid all-out communication mayhem.
<p>The care we take in writing should also be applied to our verbal interactions, where offense can so easily be caused on the conversational battle grounds that are race, gender, sexuality, or socioeconomics. That consideration is equally important in the professional world, says financier and author Anthony Scaramucci.</p>
<p>Words really do matter, he says, because they reveal our intentions. In business, the issue may not even be as blatant as those big red flags of offense like race and gender, but can be as small as the difference between ‘I’ and ‘we’. As the founder and co-managing partner of an investment firm, Scaramucci knows if he doesn’t talk and think about the company as a team, he’s going to lose people, fast. </p>
<p>Anyone can be part of a team, but to be part of a successful, cohesive one requires forgoing your ego for the advancement of the unit as a whole. Graceful subordination to a larger goal is the objective, and choosing your language carefully is the key. </p>
<p>Anthony Scaramucci's most recent book is <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781119116332"><i>Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole: How Entrepreneurs Turn Failure Into Success</i></a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781119116332"><img height="150" src="%5Cr%5Cnhttps://s3.amazonaws.com/edge-misc-assets/Book+Covers/Anthony+Scaramucci.jpg" width="225"></a></p>
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