So I’m over at Squidoo checking things out today because it’s looking like it will be part of my marketing plan for my upcoming work-at-home ebooks. Yes, a Squidoo lens is in my future. I see it in my crystal ball.

But what I also came across was one of Seth Godin’s squidoo lenses - on business cliches. And it’s freakin’ hilarious.

If you’ve been in business for any amount of time, you should have heard most of these and may be guilty of even using one or two. I know I have. There have been times when I used these terms and phrases that really are meaningless, if you think about them. And as I’m saying them, I know they’re fairly useless in terms of bringing any meaning to the conversation at hand. But sometimes, you can’t help but tell people things like “It’s important that we get on the same page and have a meeting of the minds.” Or, using the current top-ranked statement in a convo…like “Sure, I’m terrific at thinking outside the box.” Uh, yeah…what box are you currently thinking inside, goofball??

I don’t typically write in cliches…unless that’s what a client wants. But I know I’m guilty of talking in them from time to time.

Want to offload some guilt? What cliche do you tend to use?