Communication What I want you to learn from yesterdays post

Communication What I want you to learn from yesterdays post Yesterday I announced that we simplified JibberJobber. Yes, it is ironic that the blog post to announce it was one of the more complex posts Ive written. But something I want you, as a job seeker, to get out of yesterdays message is SIMPLIFICATION. You might have heard me use the word concise, when talking about your communication, written or verbal. To me, concise means short and to the point. In yestedays post I explained that we are simplifying some things in JibberJobber.  My hope is that its easier to understand things. Are your messages too complex? Let me give you an example of a too-complex message.  Yesterday I wrote an email to someone asking them if we could get on a phone call. My original message looked something like this: Can we get on a phone call?  And if not, you can jump on my user webinar anytime: www.JibberJobber.com/webinar. Do you see a problem? I gave the person an OUT. I distracted them from my original message/question. That second sentence can be short and to the point, but it can be distracting.  It wiped out the first sentence. When I talk about simplifying Im not saying you have to have LESS (although you will have less).  Im saying to not distract your message by throwing stuff in that shouldnt be there. Before I sent the message I took out the second sentence so it simply read: Can we get on a phone call? Now you dont have an OUT.  You respond with yes or no, but you dont think maybe Ill just get on a webinar Heres a  similar  example: Can we get on a phone call?  Or you can just look at my LinkedIn Profile and tell me what you think. WHAT???  Talk about giving an OUT! I see this type of message TOO OFTEN. Folks, read through your emails you send and look for those OUTs.  Theres an awesome little key on your keyboard that takes care of OUTs: Delete the distractions.  Stay on topic, and keep the messages to a minimum (that means, dont try and say ten things in an email where you really need to say just one thing). Go back and read yesterdays post. Hopefully youll see thats exactly what we are doing.  And you should, too. Communication What I want you to learn from yesterdays post Yesterday I announced that we simplified JibberJobber. Yes, it is ironic that the blog post to announce it was one of the more complex posts Ive written. But something I want you, as a job seeker, to get out of yesterdays message is SIMPLIFICATION. You might have heard me use the word concise, when talking about your communication, written or verbal. To me, concise means short and to the point. In yestedays post I explained that we are simplifying some things in JibberJobber.  My hope is that its easier to understand things. Are your messages too complex? Let me give you an example of a too-complex message.  Yesterday I wrote an email to someone asking them if we could get on a phone call. My original message looked something like this: Can we get on a phone call?  And if not, you can jump on my user webinar anytime: www.JibberJobber.com/webinar. Do you see a problem? I gave the person an OUT. I distracted them from my original message/question. That second sentence can be short and to the point, but it can be distracting.  It wiped out the first sentence. When I talk about simplifying Im not saying you have to have LESS (although you will have less).  Im saying to not distract your message by throwing stuff in that shouldnt be there. Before I sent the message I took out the second sentence so it simply read: Can we get on a phone call? Now you dont have an OUT.  You respond with yes or no, but you dont think maybe Ill just get on a webinar Heres a  similar  example: Can we get on a phone call?  Or you can just look at my LinkedIn Profile and tell me what you think. WHAT???  Talk about giving an OUT! I see this type of message TOO OFTEN. Folks, read through your emails you send and look for those OUTs.  Theres an awesome little key on your keyboard that takes care of OUTs: Delete the distractions.  Stay on topic, and keep the messages to a minimum (that means, dont try and say ten things in an email where you really need to say just one thing). Go back and read yesterdays post. Hopefully youll see thats exactly what we are doing.  And you should, too. Communication What I want you to learn from yesterdays post Yesterday I announced that we simplified JibberJobber. Yes, it is ironic that the blog post to announce it was one of the more complex posts Ive written. But something I want you, as a job seeker, to get out of yesterdays message is SIMPLIFICATION. You might have heard me use the word concise, when talking about your communication, written or verbal. To me, concise means short and to the point. In yestedays post I explained that we are simplifying some things in JibberJobber.  My hope is that its easier to understand things. Are your messages too complex? Let me give you an example of a too-complex message.  Yesterday I wrote an email to someone asking them if we could get on a phone call. My original message looked something like this: Can we get on a phone call?  And if not, you can jump on my user webinar anytime: www.JibberJobber.com/webinar. Do you see a problem? I gave the person an OUT. I distracted them from my original message/question. That second sentence can be short and to the point, but it can be distracting.  It wiped out the first sentence. When I talk about simplifying Im not saying you have to have LESS (although you will have less).  Im saying to not distract your message by throwing stuff in that shouldnt be there. Before I sent the message I took out the second sentence so it simply read: Can we get on a phone call? Now you dont have an OUT.  You respond with yes or no, but you dont think maybe Ill just get on a webinar Heres a  similar  example: Can we get on a phone call?  Or you can just look at my LinkedIn Profile and tell me what you think. WHAT???  Talk about giving an OUT! I see this type of message TOO OFTEN. Folks, read through your emails you send and look for those OUTs.  Theres an awesome little key on your keyboard that takes care of OUTs: Delete the distractions.  Stay on topic, and keep the messages to a minimum (that means, dont try and say ten things in an email where you really need to say just one thing). Go back and read yesterdays post. Hopefully youll see thats exactly what we are doing.  And you should, too.