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Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

Going all the way back to the Leconic Spartans, the ability to be succinct in one's communications

has been to others a sign of strength and a well-appreciated gesture.

But it's a skill that's never been more important than it is today when people are

bombarded with information and don't have the bandwidth digest long and convoluted messages.

My guest day is an expert in helping people get to the point.

He's the founder of the brief lab and the author of Brief, make a bigger impact by saying

less.

His name is Joseph McCormick and we begin our conversation with how his work grew out

of his development of a communications curriculum for the military special operators.

We then discuss how being brief is not just about conciseness, but first about achieving

clarity and the high cost of not shaping our communications with these qualities, especially

in a world where attention is a scarce resource.

Jokesplanes by its actually harder excise verbal discipline and it is to use lots of words

and four techniques to make your messaging more clear and more concise.

We then discuss how to apply these techniques to shorting meetings, condensing emails,

and distilling how you describe your role when people ask you what you do.

And we end our conversation with how to create more meaningful interactions during fluid

conversations by actually preparing for these encounters rather than simply trying to

wing it.

After the show is over, check out our show notes at aam.is slash brief.

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