Brevity
the power of brevity, clarity, and simplicity - in language and beyond.
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Brevity
Going back to Thich Nhat Hanh, I believe that writing is part of every design. If you can clearly define what you’re making and articulate its value, the steps to bring it out into the world will go much faster. It’s easy to put pixels together when you’ve already made decisions. And since we work across systems and borders, there’s no better way t... See more
Nicole Fenton • Words as Material
the role of leadership is to create clarity - to define what you're making and articulate its value.
cut your words in half
The ability to speak continuously with confidence is a talent of sorts. But, over the course of my working life, I found that the colleagues who had the most impact on meetings, and whose careers advanced with the greatest velocity, were those who restricted themselves to fewer and better statements; more concise and memorable observations; more th
... See moreJim Carroll • Living in a Lorem Ipsum World: Sometimes We Need to Talk Less and Say More — Jim Carroll's Blog
Brevity doesn't always mean short. It just means to the point. There are 1-page documents that ramble and 900-page books that are brief.
1 – Show up. Many work sessions will feel unproductive which can feel frustrating, but the best creatives sit down to work even when they don't feel like it. Consistency rewards creativity.
2 – Generate a ton of ideas. Your best ideas rarely come early. So when you think you've got it, keep going.
3 – Refine the good ones. If you find
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