Comments on: The Lost Art of Brevity http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/ Where CEOs Come to Grow & where Leadership Matters Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Helen Antholis http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31560 Helen Antholis Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31560 I am a huge fan of mental editing - whether when speaking or writing! First the headline please...then the details. Get my attention and I'll listen better. Thanks for this post. I'm distilling 30+ years of leadership/communications training experience into a 20-page ebookette (my term). To say less, you need to know more. Bravo on this. And please, thank your son for his service our country. I am a huge fan of mental editing – whether when speaking or writing! First the headline please…then the details. Get my attention and I’ll listen better. Thanks for this post.

I’m distilling 30+ years of leadership/communications training experience into a 20-page ebookette (my term). To say less, you need to know more. Bravo on this.

And please, thank your son for his service our country.

]]> By: Helen Antholis http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31561 Helen Antholis Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31561 I am a huge fan of mental editing - whether when speaking or writing! First the headline please...then the details. Get my attention and I'll listen better. Thanks for this post. I'm distilling 30+ years of leadership/communications training experience into a 20-page ebookette (my term). To say less, you need to know more. Bravo on this. And please, thank your son for his service our country. I am a huge fan of mental editing – whether when speaking or writing! First the headline please…then the details. Get my attention and I’ll listen better. Thanks for this post.

I’m distilling 30+ years of leadership/communications training experience into a 20-page ebookette (my term). To say less, you need to know more. Bravo on this.

And please, thank your son for his service our country.

]]> By: Doug Barg http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31559 Doug Barg Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:32:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31559 I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. ~ Blaise Pascal I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter. ~ Blaise Pascal

]]> By: Wally Bock http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31558 Wally Bock Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:10:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31558 Nice post, Mike. It seems to me that we could say of brevity something similar to what Einstein said of simplicity. A communication should be made as short as possible and no shorter. Brevity is not the goal. Communication is the goal. Brevity is a means. Nice post, Mike. It seems to me that we could say of brevity something similar to what Einstein said of simplicity. A communication should be made as short as possible and no shorter. Brevity is not the goal. Communication is the goal. Brevity is a means.

]]> By: Mike Myatt http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31557 Mike Myatt Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:40:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31557 Straight and to the point, or should I say clear and brief. Thanks for sharing your perspective Dan... Straight and to the point, or should I say clear and brief. Thanks for sharing your perspective Dan…

]]> By: Dan Rockwell http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31556 Dan Rockwell Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:35:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31556 Mike, Great fun! You don't need it but a word of affirmation. Any fool can make something complex. Clarity takes work. Regarding tweets - anyone who jokes about tweeting hasn't moved people to action in 140 characters or less. AND if you want to lead people today you better learn how to do it and do it exceptionally well. Be well, Dan Mike,

Great fun!

You don’t need it but a word of affirmation. Any fool can make something complex. Clarity takes work.

Regarding tweets – anyone who jokes about tweeting hasn’t moved people to action in 140 characters or less. AND if you want to lead people today you better learn how to do it and do it exceptionally well.

Be well,

Dan

]]> By: Mike Myatt http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31555 Mike Myatt Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:27:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31555 Hi Tom: Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. With regard to your tagline, my version of Letterman's "Top 10 List" was somewhat tongue-in-cheek and certainly doesn't apply to the creativity and clarity presented in your statement. Since you brought-up the subject of buzzwords, you might be interested in what might be a different perspective on that subject: http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-no-spin-zone Thanks again for adding value to the thought stream Tom. Hi Tom:

Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts. With regard to your tagline, my version of Letterman’s “Top 10 List” was somewhat tongue-in-cheek and certainly doesn’t apply to the creativity and clarity presented in your statement.

Since you brought-up the subject of buzzwords, you might be interested in what might be a different perspective on that subject: http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-no-spin-zone

Thanks again for adding value to the thought stream Tom.

]]> By: Tom Schulte http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31554 Tom Schulte Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:14:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31554 Wonderful post, Mike! Concerning my business tagline, it is more than four words, but it supports your idea of quick communication. It is "Leadership Training fit for the Blackberry-Attention-Span." I use it for my short-format training called Leadership PowerLabs that convey heavy-duty content in 2-hours, or less. I used to sell leadership training that was two-days long and much of it was forgettable. So I crafted my PowerLabs to capitalize on the shorter attention spans and it has paid off well. On the other side of the coin, we must also watch out for the equally inefficient specter of buzzword/sound-bite/sloganeering that is surely brief, but has no soul. Tom Schulte Atlanta, GA USA Wonderful post, Mike!

Concerning my business tagline, it is more than four words, but it supports your idea of quick communication. It is “Leadership Training fit for the Blackberry-Attention-Span.” I use it for my short-format training called Leadership PowerLabs that convey heavy-duty content in 2-hours, or less.

I used to sell leadership training that was two-days long and much of it was forgettable. So I crafted my PowerLabs to capitalize on the shorter attention spans and it has paid off well.

On the other side of the coin, we must also watch out for the equally inefficient specter of buzzword/sound-bite/sloganeering that is surely brief, but has no soul.

Tom Schulte
Atlanta, GA USA

]]> By: Mike Myatt http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31553 Mike Myatt Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:01:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31553 Will do. Thanks Dan... Will do. Thanks Dan…

]]> By: Dan Collins http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity/comment-page-1/#comment-31552 Dan Collins Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:58:00 +0000 http://www.n2growth.com/blog/the-resurgence-of-brevity#comment-31552 A man is often measured by how he responds to slings and arrows hurled in his direction - you sir always earn my respect with both your words and the way you respond to my simple attempts to interject opinion. Keep em coming pal. A man is often measured by how he responds to slings and arrows hurled in his direction – you sir always earn my respect with both your words and the way you respond to my simple attempts to interject opinion. Keep em coming pal.

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