There is a quote about women’s fashion that I cannot find, but it goes something like this. {Before you leave the house, when you are fully dressed, remove one accessory, or article of clothing}.
The idea here is to emphasize minimal elegance.
Well, I have taken this idea and applied it to emails and it seems to be serving me well.
I always write too much to the wrong people and so, right before I send the email, I remove one sentence. The one sentence that is a little too strong, a little too iffy or bold or soul bearing. There is always one.
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At the end of your life, you could publish a book compilation of these removed sentences that never made it to their destinations.
ReplyDeleteImagine the impact!
ReplyDeleteyeah i like that idea-although maybe no one would read it-or maybe they would be so overwhelmed when they read it that they would choke or vomit from all the emotion. its an idea though. and i like it.
ReplyDeleteA hell of an epitaph, that.
ReplyDeleteCoco Chanel said that quote!
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