Effective Communication Is The #1 Thing That Changes Your Life

Effective communication is the one thing that makes your life better, more fulfilling, and more rewarding. That is equally true in personal relationships and in business.

Keep it simple. If you can convey the same information in fewer words, do it. If you can use fewer sentences, use fewer. If you can avoid tangents and parenthetical comments, avoid them. Only about 20 percent of what you normally communicate provides 80 percent of the influence on others.

That’s it. Get it?

Man with glasses standing closer to a street sign with a straight arrow versus another one with a loopy arrow. In simplicity there is clarity and usefulness. — **In simplicity there is clarity and usefulness.**

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About JD Solomon

JD Solomon, PE, CRE, CMRP provides facilitation, business case evaluation, root cause analysis, and risk management. His roles as a senior leader in two Fortune 500 companies, as a town manager, and as chairman of a state regulatory board provide him with a first-hand perspective of how senior decision-makers think. His technical expertise in systems engineering and risk & uncertainty analysis using Monte Carlo simulation provides him practical perspectives on the strengths and limitations of advanced technical approaches. In practice, JD works with front-line staff and executive leaders to create workable solutions for facilities, infrastructure, and business processes.