Are you babbling?

Long-winded letters, never ending emails, status updates on every event…ever wonder how someone can send so many tweets?  I don’t know about you, but many times in conversations, letters and emails I often want to just fast-forward to the bottom line.  Add this to everything else that happens on a daily basis and you can quickly get into information overload – much of which is unnecessary.

Okay, I’ll admit it.  There are times when I over communicate.  Recently, I was giving some advice and direction to a friend of mine.  Before our discussion he said something that surprised me and caused me to do some reflection – he asked me to not lecture him.  Basically, he told me he was interested in receiving advice, he just didn’t want to hear a speech.  His statement made me realize there are times when I spend a lot of time persuading and underscoring my point(s) and doing all the talking.  This is just as bad as those never ending emails, blog posts, etc!

BOTTOM LINE:  Don’t make people work hard and have to sort through the clutter to find what’s important.