Why Less Is More When Pitching Yourself
The details we think matter likely don’t when we go deep enough : The “accordion” exercise we did felt like powerful psycho technology the way it completely changed how I thought about getting to the essence of experiences and ideas. In the exercise, you go from 3 minutes of a speech to 2 minutes to 1 minute to 30 seconds to 15 seconds, and then ba... See more
Paul Millerd • Speaking, Turning Off Subscriptions, Book Names | #260
Succinctness—a lack of bloat—helps readers finish your post. What I've learned from asking a lot of friends for feedback is that readers often quit not because they dislike your ideas, but because they're bored.
Succinctness is a ratio. It's the percentage of significant thoughts out of all the thoughts communicated. A post can be 50,000 words, but ... See more
Succinctness is a ratio. It's the percentage of significant thoughts out of all the thoughts communicated. A post can be 50,000 words, but ... See more
Julian Shapiro • Writing Well - Part 3 - Rewriting and Editing
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Go find fifty random emails you have written to clients recently. Print them out and highlight every sentence where you know you sound like a bag of hot air. Circle buzzwords as well as every sentence where you say nothing but take thirty words to do so. Now, go ahead and see how much yellow you have. Is that how you want to sound?
Jared Belsky • The Great Client Partner: How Soft Skills Are the True Currency in Client Relationships
Brevity is one sign of a well-organized mind.