Cliché’s, the single most overused phrases in the English vocabulary. This made me think of some cliché’s that have featured in my life more than what they should have.
Good guys finish last- the classic excuse for why most people don’t play by the rules. In my opinion this is so untrue, as there are numerous examples of good people finishing in first place, and playing by the rules. Further to that life is to short for mistakes that might catch up with us. Solitude is not bliss if it is haunted by regret of things we should not have done.
All that glitters is not gold- Everything that appears to be appealing may not be so. For me this is so relevant to all young women in South Africa. We pursue what looks good to us, what we see as positive when we take it on face value, and upon further inspection, or through knocking our heads we learn that they might have made a mistake.
Honesty is the best policy- This must be the most debated cliché in the business as world. How honest should you really be? How much of your organisation can you expose without giving your competitive advantage away? Does the world really want to know the truth? The answer is simple, only say what you would be comfortable putting on the front page of a newspaper.
So should you find yourself in need of filling up the conversation space with a cliché, think about what it means to you and if you really want to use it.
Like the "all that glitters is not gold cliche!"
ReplyDeleteCliches are overused indeed. I think we've lost the ability to be verbally original. How many people have not been conned and scammed by 'All that glitters is not gold'
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