A Surefire Way to Stand Out: Be Concise

Those with the Least to Say Always Take the Longest to Say It

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“If you can express yourself to be perfectly understood in ten words, never use a dozen,” Arthur Martine wrote in his 1860 guide to etiquette. A century and a half later, we still haven’t learned. Without fail, those with the least to say take the longest to say it.