7 Habits of Business English Success

Winn Trivette II

• Publisher: Winn Trivette II, MA
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN: 9781386319153
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Communication
• Index: Business

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HABIT #1: READ SMARTLY.

SELF-EDUCATION, FAST READING, and UNDERSTANDING are essential to a busy business professional in the world of smartphones, tablets, laptops, and yes, desktops.

You consume a mountain of data daily.

However, do you understand all of those facts and figures?

Do you know how to understand more of what you read?

Business reading could range from digesting news about your competition’s products and latest moves in the market to office emails and the latest report from accounting. Sometimes you are asked to quickly read a report and give the boss advice before the tele-meeting with colleagues later in the afternoon. How do you read so efficiently?

Four reading habits are essential to boost your career success:

*1 – Reading Voraciously

*2 – Skimming

*3 – Scanning

*4 – Drawing an Inference

Let’s learn more about reading smartly for greater career success.

Reading Voraciously

All learning does not take place in a classroom. Some of the most successful among us engage in continuous learning by reading books.

Read a lot – a nugget of advice from billionaire tech guru Bill Gates and legendary investor Warren Buffet.

A startling factoid: 88 percent of wealthy individuals spent at least 30 minutes each day reading in order to expand their knowledge. [1]

Strong reading skills are very important for your self-education.

Gates and Buffet reportedly consume about 50 books a year and 600-1000 pages a day, respectively. [2]

Plus, you are what you read.

Thus, part of reading smartly depends on your selection of materials.

While the most popular reading genre is romance, piling up books about affairs of the heart and desire will not do much for your professional career.

Instead, seek books that expand your knowledge about the world in general, and your industry in particular.

Since books are a gateway to learning and knowledge outside the classroom, pursue nonfiction books like biographies, self-help books, or materials related to their business or career were all popular choices. [3]

Now, let’s move on to learn how to better process and understand the vast wealth of information from increased reading.

Skimming and Scanning

Two skills help you understand key concepts in a text and find specific information to save you time.

Skimming and scanning are these two essential skills for efficient reading at the office.

Skimming is the process by which you quickly determine the basic meaning of a document.

Precisely, follow these steps to efficiently skim a document:

* Read the title. What are you reading?

* Read the full first paragraph. What is the purpose of the document?

* Read the first sentence of every other paragraph.

* Remember any headings and sub-headings.

* Review any pictures, charts, or graphs. How do they help tell the story?

* Notice any italicized or boldface words or phrases.

* Fully read the last paragraph.

You should immediately skim any new report, email, or memo to get the gist or basic meaning using the steps outlined above.

Do you already have knowledge about the subject?

Activate your memory because if you can make a deeper connecting with the text about a familiar topic you understand it better!

Scanning, on the other hand, is like skimming, but you read to find a particular piece of information, fact, or figure.

Does a chart of graph contain the information? Do you need to skip to the summary paragraph? Since you just quickly reviewed the piece of information, you should know in which part the answer lies.

Follow these steps to efficiently scan a document:

* Ask: What is the specific information you are looking for?

* Anticipate how the answer will appear and what clues you might use to help you locate the answer. For example, if you were looking for a certain name, you would quickly read the paragraph looking only for capitalized words.

* Remember any headings or charts and graphs that will help you identify which sections might contain the information you are looking for.

Using skimming and scanning should greatly enhance your ability to read a text in English and get the information or answer you seek.

Drawing an Inference

Inferences require a reader to looking carefully at the facts and coming to conclusions.

Inferences are evidence-based guesses about what the author has not expressed in words.

Active readers who search for meaning in their text will find drawing conclusions an easier task.

The reader who successfully draws conclusions about the information (evidence) presented in the printed material will be better-informed.

Conclusion

Business professionals are often asked to read with scarce time so they can get through all the material they're asked to deal with.

Business readers are flexible readers - reading for a purpose, but only that information required to get the data or answer to a question they seek.

Reading widely and often keeps you informed.

Skimming and scanning are two techniques to not only help you read with comprehension and memory, but also build your Business Englis...

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• HABIT #1: READ SMARTLY.
• HABIT#2: WRITE WELL.
• HABIT# 3: LISTEN INTENTLY.
• HABIT #5: SPEAK CONFIDENTLY.
• HABIT #5: USE VOCABULARY EXPERTLY.
• HABIT #6: GIVE PRESENTATIONS PERSUASIVELY.
• HABIT #7: NEGOTIATE TOUGHLY.
• FINAL THOUGHTS
• THANK YOU!
• Also By Winn Trivette, MA
• About the Author