People tend to converge toward the language they observe around them, whether it's copying word choices, mirroring sentence structures, mimicking pronunciations or mimicking speech sounds they expect to hear - even if they never actually hear them. Linguists call this phenomenon "linguistic convergence.

Mimicking How Others Speak

Convergence refers to the shifts people make to their speech to approximate that of those around them.Code-switching or style-shifting can also be examples of convergence, as long as the shift is toward an interlocutor – the person you’re talking to. But people can also shift away from an interlocutor, and this is called “divergence.”Code-switching and style-shifting can occur for other reasons, too, like how you feel, what you’re talking about and how you want to be perceived. You might drop your G’s more and say things like “thinkin’” when reminiscing about a prank you played in high school.

Defining Convergence

Accentual convergence means that people perceive accents as coherent collections of different linguistic features.Over exaggerated convergence can be perceived as mocking or patronizing.If you don't have an actual speech target to converge toward, you might resort to inaccurate, simplistic or stereotyped ideas about how someone will speak.However, subtler shifts - in what might be called the "sweet spot" of convergence - can have a number of benefits, from social approval to more efficient and successful communication.

He Talks Like I Do

We often imitate styles of speech we hear – what’s known as ‘linguistic convergence.’ But a researcher wanted to see if we alter our speech based on the mere expectation of how someone will sound.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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What makes us subconsciously mimic the accents of others in conversation

Managing up is all about making your manager’s life easier. Why would you want to make their life easier?! Your boss may make the final goal, but there are points for assists, plus the whole team wins when they score. In other words, if you help your boss, they look great and so do you. It is about learning how to work well with somebody who may work differently than you.” Managing up, therefore, means that you understand your boss’ goals, position, blind spots, and objectives. You help them to meet their expectations and needs.

What Is Managing Up?

The idea is that managing up is a win-win for you, your boss, your team, and your organization. Helping them will help you and your career. <ul><li>Managing up is all about relationship-building with your boss, who, whether you like it or not, plays a significant role in your career trajectory and your daily happiness, autonomy, purpose, and engagement at work.</li><li>Your manager can put you on the best, biggest, and most visible projects. They can make you the star of the show! They can teach you how to become a leader like them, how to think more critically, and how to set and meet career goals. </li></ul>

How Managing Up Helps You And Your Career

The truth about relationships is that however you feel about someone, they probably feel the same way about you. Or, at least they can guess how you feel about them. Ask yourself this: If you don’t want to help your manager by managing up, then why should they want to help you by managing down? Having a less-than-great relationship with your manager isn’t doing you (or your career) any favors, especially if they have the power to fire you.

The Importance Of Improving Your Relationship With Your Boss

<ul><li>Get to know your manager: Learn more about the human behind your manager. Find out what they like, dislike, and value most. </li><li>Do an honest self-assessment: Consider how your colleagues and your manager view you. </li><li>Adapt: You cannot change your manager (no matter how hard you try). But you can change yourself and how you react to others. </li><li>Be proactive: Managing up takes some effort and proactivity on your part: if you know that your manager is too busy to notice something, be proactive and bring it to their attention.  </li></ul>

The Do’s Of Managing Up 

<ul><li>Don’t manipulate the situation or others: Managing up is not about trying to manipulate every situation for your own personal benefit, no matter the cost. </li><li>Don’t keep doing what frustrates your manager.</li><li>Don’t add more to your manager’s plate: Adding more work to your boss’ plate isn’t managing up effectively. That means don’t bend over backward to take on your boss’ work when you’re already too busy. </li></ul>

The Don’ts Of Managing Up 

Remember that your manager is only human. They don’t have superpowers. Like you, your manager has strengths, weaknesses, good and bad personality traits, and personal goals. They want to have a nice working relationship with everyone and help you (and them) succeed.

Working With Your Manager’s Strengths And Weaknesses

Managing up is all about making your manager’s life easier—here's how to do it.

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Managing Up: The Do's And Don'ts And Why It's Important For Success

Do what you fear. Consider what you are afraid of doing, and do that thing. Public speaking? Failure? Losing money? You will manage more by acting than by researching. Be aware of what's holding you back, then take positive action.

How to have a writer’s attitude of learning

What gives you flow?  It could be a cup of coffee early in the morning that makes you clear and focused.

Find a habit that shoots creativity through your veins

Routines can be great for going deep into a subject matter. But routines can also be dangerous. Routine can lead to ruts. Routine can become a comfort. Ask yourself these questions:<ul><li>Does your routine challenge you? </li><li>Does it result in growth and learning? </li></ul>If yes, your routine is great. If not, it might be time to mix it up.

Set a flexible, challenging routine

<ul><li>Volume. The more you write and put yourself out there, the better you'll become. When you're starting, there's nothing to lose.</li><li>Vulnerability. People are tired of rubbish. They crave a pure heart and violent passion.</li><li>Versatility. Do different types of writing - ghostwrite, bookwrite, copywrite, blog, interview, educate.</li></ul>

Three Vs of becoming a successful writer

If you’re exhausted when you come to the keyboard, write what you feel like writing. Write poetry or journal. Follow your passion.  You’ll warm up your engine with passion, and it will make it easier to write the thing you don’t want to write.

When writing is exhausting

Short-term recharge:<ul><li>Drink a glass of water. It’s a healthy practice with immediate results. </li><li>Exercise. Even if it’s just 25 pushups, it'll increase blood flow to the brain. </li><li>Chat with energy-giving and thoughtful people.</li><li>Drink another cup of coffee.</li></ul> Bigger-picture recharge: <ul><li>Write for yourself, not for clients or followers.</li><li>Go somewhere. Go camp, play sports, go to a new place.</li><li>Seek foundational truth for perspective.</li></ul>

How to recharge 

I stole this one from my friend Gret. Do what you fear. What are you afraid of doing? Do that thing. Public speaking? Losing sleep? Fear of man? Failure? Losing money? Losing “friends”? When I…

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Hey, you — yeah, you, the exhausted writer, this is for you

More than a third of Americans had a side hustle at the start of the year and 21 percent more planned to start one in 2021. With so many profitable side hustle ideas out there, it's no surprise that people are finding ways to make extra money.One of the most lucrative side hustles, however, is the good old-fashioned copywriting. Freelance copywriters make an average of $55,000 per year. That's pretty good for a full-time salary, and outstanding for a side hustle.

The side hustle has officially gone mainstream

Earn some extra money by writing on the side.

How to Launch a Lucrative Copywriting Side Hustle

At the end of the day, language is a small thing, but I believe it matters immensely. Pay attention to the way you talk about the work you’re doing.Some examples:<ul><li>How do we increase usage of this feature? =&gt; What would make this feature more valuable for people?</li><li>Why aren’t these two things consistent? =&gt; Let’s make sure our customers aren’t confused by these two things that look similar but behave differently.</li><li>We should aspire for this to feel minimal. =&gt; People should understand at a glance what’s most important and what they should do. They shouldn’t feel overwhelmed by choices.</li></ul>

If you design for people, use people language

The first rule of building a valuable product is that it should be valuable for someone. Meaning, an actual, real-life person (or many such people) should have some problem or desire addressed…

What makes us subconsciously mimic the accents of others in conversation

Managing Up: The Do's And Don'ts And Why It's Important For Success

Hey, you — yeah, you, the exhausted writer, this is for you

How to Launch a Lucrative Copywriting Side Hustle

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Rebecca Pacheco