Meaning What You Say Politics. Feb 18, 2011 3:17 PM EST It’s a familiar cycle. Voters say ... “You lose your credibility with the media and everybody else if you don’t say, ...

We work with humans, so inevitably someone is going to say something off-putting. Image by laflor from Getty Images Signature “Say what you mean and mean what you say.” ...

As I blogged about last year, I’ve had some luck using Tim Ferriss’ advice on 9 habits we all should stop — although I admit it’s still hard to say ‘no’ to people.

18. “Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.” C.S ...

It is possible that you say what you mean, but how can you be certain that others understand you? A new study on prosody in speech shows what’s needed to get your points across.