Imagine this: a director tells you your filmmaking style is "derivative" or calls your big finale “predictable.” It’s cliché, they say. Stings a bit, doesn't it? In filmmaking, "cliché" is that brutal ...

Public speaking is full of advice. Most of it is repeated endlessly, shared with good intentions—and followed with disappointing results. "Just be yourself." "Don’t be nervous." "Confidence will come ...

If some words are shovel-ready for a conversation, but using them could lead to accusations that you’re not giving 110%, then should you stick a pin in them? Or perhaps you could read the room better ...