When to drop the mic
If you are involved in communication professionally, this will sound familiar.
You finally save a draft as “Final.”
You read it one more time… and start thinking, then editing.
You arrive at Final V2.
The next morning, you give it a “final final” read and think:
This is awful. This needs an edit.
So you make V3.
Then you show it to your communicator friend, for a second opinion.
They make a few suggestions.
You smack your forehead.
Hello, V4.
You can see where this is going, you could loop this process forever.
And I don’t blame clients when they find themselves in the same
nine circles of hell.
Yes - what, and how you communicate matters.
And I'm not only saying that as someone who pays the bills with words.
More often than not, good is good enough.
You won’t make a strong piece better by revisiting it endlessly, you’ll just make it a 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 piece.
There’s no single “perfect” way to say something.
If you’re spending even two minutes debating whether “and” or “&” looks better,
ask yourself if this is the best use of your time.
Will this change really move the needle?
Perfect writing doesn’t exist.
Impactful writing does.
What you say, write or publish today is replaced by tomorrow's updates.
Go make an impact now, before someone drops the mic on you with their V1.
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