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The following article is excerpted from the book The NEW Employee Manual, out now from Entrepreneur Press.

Practice saying sed non hodie. It means "but not today" in Latin. (Pronunciation: sed known hoe-dee-ay.) Why say it in Latin? Because it sounds better. It sounds scientific. And if you're saying it in Latin, nobody else can understand the terrible, horrible, dangerous sentiment you're expressing.