Communicating takes care—the value of one letter
by Miki SaxonHow careful are you when you communicate in writing? Not just running spell check, but also taking time to reread what you wrote? How important is it? Can a small typo really make that much difference to the meaning of your words? Can it actually reverse them from positive to negative?
The answer is a resounding yes!
Concrete example. The final line of my post yesterday was,
“Read the article. Take the ideas. Tweak them to fit your company. Watch it take off and then cheer as it soars.”
Everything spell checked correctly. Then I reread the entire post and that’s when I caught it. What I had actually written was,
“Read the article. Take the ideas. Tweak them to fit your company. Watch it take off and then cheer as it sours.”
Just one letter—think about it. Weigh the time spent proofing against the time (and money) that would be spent undoing the aftermath of that one little letter.
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