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miete ("thought") + lause ("phrase")

count: 4

filter: tag = communication clear


Bird by Bird (Anne Lamott)


Maybe what you've written will help others, will be a small part of the solution. You don't even have to know how or in what way, but if you are writing the clearest, truest words you can find and doing the best you can to understand and communicate, this will shine on paper like its own little lighthouse. Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.
page: 235
tags: truth communication purpose



Made to Stick (Chip Heath)


There is value in sequencing information--not dumping a stack of information on someone at once but dropping a clue, then another clue, then another. This method of communication resembles flirting more than lecturing.
page: 93
tags: information communication sequencing

The pitch is generally delivered by the expert, who needs to use concrete, not abstract, terms to communicate with the audience, who are the novices (and probably the ones with the money).
page: 118
tags: pitch communication audience



The Power of No (James Altucher)


Let them finish. Don't say yes in the middle. Don't nod your head. Count to two, then respond. Real communication happens in the silence between the words.
page: 152
tags: conversation communication