On writing.

I wrote this email to a Scott M., in our class.  But it applies to all of us, including myself.

On your posts.  Try to review and edit one of your posts.  You do have something to say, and you say it.  Great. 

Now how can you be more effective and successful and powerful in communicating your thought?

First, take a minute to go sentence by sentence.  Don’t obsess over it, but spend a little bit of time and brain power on asking yourself, can I make this sentence better?  Not fancier, not weirder, not more poetic.  Just more clear.  

This is super valuable as a writer.  It also makes you think about what you are saying, and gives you the chance to change your mind on your thought and your judgement.  That’s critical thinking.  Critical means you make a decision.