Research suggests that using big words when they're not really necessary is a recipe for disaster, since people generally perceive authors who use simpler language as smarter. The study ...

Here are six words to eliminate from your vocabulary to sound smarter. Produced by Eames Yates. Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from Strategy Between emails, texts, photo captions, and tweets ...

At times, we use big words or talk about the great experiences we've had just to sound smarter. However, the reality is that you just need to speak clearly and directly, and that will do the task.