I am both chatty and concise. I enjoy discussions and working through ideas to solutions. I also really really like conciseness, being intentional and focusing on the most important.

To be concise (like in 1-pagers mentioned last week), there needs to be focus and less details. Sometimes it happens quickly and other times, it is longer because it’s messy. I like to think of it as a muscle that you practice to be intentional and concise. You get better at it with practice and through learning new methods. But you also pick and choose when you use it. Tim Ferriss, known for being smart with managing work and time, has said he appears so disorganized when his videographer comes over to film videos. He’s ok with that. He is efficient in many parts of his day which gives him the freedom to be messy and creative for part of his day. Whether it’s with time, with speech or something else, it can be freeing to know you don’t need to be efficient all of the time. To be good at a skill does not mean never being the other end of that skill.

When I am chatty, it’s because I’m excited, creative and engaged. When I’m concise, it’s focused action time. I enjoy being both and enjoy learning and growing which enables me to be agile in which one I am at any given moment.