Bradly's cautious platitudes.
Finally, resist the urge to soften the blow with platitudes.
Platitudes like "He's in a better place now" or "There's a reason for everything" are easy to fall back on, but they've all been heard before, and even worse, they can be pretty insulting if you think about how you'd like to hear them if you were suffering.
and aren't those peppy platitudes slightly obvious anyway?
Yet I have found that serious entrepreneurs usually go way beyond these platitudes in their actions and thinking, and often won't volunteer their real views, for fear of alienating "regular" people, and being branded a fanatic.
" So in this article I want to remind readers of the compelling reasons why it is worth your time to become an effective storyteller, in the hopes that more managers and leaders will just get busy learning to tell stories instead of just spewing out information, directives and platitudes.