Jefferson Fisher

Instead, they're gonna be just as lost.

So what are they gonna do?

They're gonna say what they want, because they don't really know what you're asking for.

So you start with a story, I can promise you, you're going to end up being disappointed when it comes to being direct.

Unless, I'd say unless, there was a reason why the story is important and that would come on the back end.

So instead I would say, here's my issue.

Here's the impact to me.

Here's how I want you to fix it.

And they're going to give a response and you say, I'm going to give you more information because you need to know this, right?

That's when you're able to give the additional information, but you don't want to start with it because it sounds like you're trying to

I don't know, run up, go up on an escalator that's going down.

Like you're just going to be running in motion and not getting anywhere.

All right, we've talked about what being direct is.

We've talked about what being direct sounds like, how you wanna stick the landing, how you wanna have short choppy sentences.

In my world, what I like to teach is if you can't say it in three sentences,

you need to think about it again.

You need to condense, you need to reduce.

So let me give that little tidbit to you.

I have a three sentence rule that I like to live by, both in my company and regular communication, if need be, and it's this.

If I can't say it in three sentences, I need to go back and think about it.