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Addison I.
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Too much noise, too little attention
Nobody wants to read anything you write at work. It's not personal though. We just happen to live in a world where there is so much information asking for our attention.
We can take action and make it easy for our colleagues to read our emails, messages, texts, and memos.
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Reese R.
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Our coworkers are often not able to read or understand our messages due to the sheer barrage of information already trying to get their attention. There are text messages, emails, ...
Begin With The End
The interface designers at Amazon are experts in providing an intuitive, often exciting digital experience. They start with the end goal in mind and ask the following questions:
- What is the problem that we are trying to solve?
- Who are our users and what are they trying to do?
- What assumptions are being made?
- How can this thing be simpler?
We can apply these techniques by asking the same questions towards ourselves and our readers.
Front Loading The Crucial Stuff
If we aren’t talking about the important stuff from the word go, people stop paying attention, usually in about 10 seconds.
Newspaper headline stories follow the ‘inverted pyramid’ technique where the most critical information is on the first paragraph. One can organize an article or product interface in such a way that if the reader only reads the first few sentences, the crucial information is still communicated.
John Q.
@john_mq456
Writing Tips for Remote Workers (And Everyone Else)
“Be A Strong Writer”
This is one of the first pieces of advice people give to those seeking remote work.
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Accessible Language
- Use of caps lock, emojis, italics and tildes (~) to make your language flowery, fun and human is a great idea for remote working. You can also use memes and gif images, provided they are not offensive to anyone.
- Robot speak is not a good way to freely collaborate with your remote peers. Use simple words, and keep it on the casual side, skipping the inaccessible and stilted language. You can also opt for contractions like writing isn’t instead of is not.
Be Clear And Concise
- Do not obscure your message by words that are there to decorate the sentence and make it sound wordy while camouflaging what you mean.
- Make good use of qualifiers ("I think, In my opinion") while not coming across as a perpetually confused person. Don’t use qualifiers while making a strong point.
- While writing documentation, it is prudent to avoid jargon and acronyms.
- Use complete words and sentences. Shortcuts and acronyms block any actual communication, acting as roadblocks. On the same lines, avoid cliches, idioms and any idiotic sounding phrase that catches the ear well but doesn’t really do any good to anyone.
- Remote working is often on a global scale, and certain expressions will not be understood by some participants, or worse, will be misunderstood.
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Logan
@log62
The Case for Doing Nothing
Niksen
Whenever you feel stressed and on the edge of a burnout, you might as well try doing...well, nothing.
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Idleness and its benefits
If you have any doubts in what the multiple benefits that idleness can provide you with, just note down the fact that being lazy from time to time leads to increased creativity, productivity as well as developing problem-solving skills, as it allows you to take time to see the things more clearly.
Tips to make Niksen effective
In order to keep your effectiveness high while doing nothing, you might want to consider the following tips:
- Find the good moments to take breaks throughout your day, in order to later be more productive.
- Own the very fact of doing nothing.
- Take your time getting used to doing nothing.
- Adjust your environment so that it favors Niksen.
- Get bored in original ways. All in all, figure out what works for you and make sure you do nothing once in a while, as it is so beneficial for your health.
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