“Bad writing slows things down; good writing speeds them up.”
― Writing That Works: How to Communicate Effectively in Business
― Writing That Works: How to Communicate Effectively in Business
“There are only 266 words in the Gettysburg Address. The shortest sentence in the New Testament may be the most moving: “Jesus wept.”
― Writing That Works: How to Communicate Effectively in Business
― Writing That Works: How to Communicate Effectively in Business
“Woman without her man has no reason for living. With a colon and a comma, the writer would get a different reaction: Woman: without her, man has no reason for living.”
― Writing That Works: How to Communicate Effectively in Business
― Writing That Works: How to Communicate Effectively in Business
“research on happiness shows that those who live under a self-imposed pressure to be optimal in their enjoyment of things suffer a measure of distress.”
― Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
― Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets
“Someone asked Rodin how he could sculpt an elephant out of marble. It’s easy, he responded, “You just chip away everything that isn’t an elephant.” Chip away everything that isn’t your point.”
― Writing That Works: How to Communicate Effectively in Business
― Writing That Works: How to Communicate Effectively in Business
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