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12 Conquer written communications

There aren’t many things as important to a successful career as our ability to communicate effectively with our fellow human beings. But effective communication requires a level of thoughtfulness and practice that many of us lack. Fortunately, you can take some straightforward steps to make your own communications more professional and compelling.

I want to start with a crucial point: this chapter is about communicating. Writing and speaking are two media through which communication can take place, but in this chapter, I’m going to focus on written communication. Nearly everything you learn in this chapter will apply to chapter 13, which is about verbal communication; I just find writing to be a little easier ...