This post and the next four are five rules that governed how I made TREE posts.
One. Say one thing
A TREE post should be 250 words or less. There’s room for one succinct point. I want to tell you one thing that I hope will get your brain thinking and stick with you for longer than it takes to read. I do not meander. I do not try to squeeze in a second subject. If I think of something good to say that doesn’t fit the subject, it can wait because there will be another post tomorrow.
If I say one thing well today, you are more likely to tap open the next thing I have to say tomorrow.
This rule can be applied to other things. If you say one thing that gracefully fills the given space, you are more likely to be given the opportunity to say another thing than if you try to squish in two or three or six things.
Keep this in your thinking next time you write an essay, presentation, speech or song.
—Jeff
As we wind down. We’re brought to my first lesson Jeff taught me.
Say it. Be done with it.
Grow slowly
Skyler