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“The brain is wired to make a clear, quick yes-or-no decision — fight or flight, click or scroll, read or ignore, remember or forget.”

“The dopamine blast of a great idea or word buys you a few more seconds of someone’s time. Every word is a battle for additional time and attention.”

Smart Brevity, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, Roy Schwartz


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There is no better resource for writing news stories, emails, and web content than Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less (Kindle). Truly, it changed my life as a storyteller.

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