Soft Skills: Concise, or is it?
I love being concise - the efficiency warms my heart. Russian, with its single verb question, and matching single verb response gives me a visceral pleasure. Two Russians, Sergey and Slava, wanting to grab lunch could have the following exchange: Sergey: Eat? Slava: Eat! My love of conciseness often has me sending short emails. Frequently, my mails are so concise that my reader has no idea what I'm talking about. This confusion means I need to send another mail explaining the meaning of my initial concise mail. To conclude the lengthy explanation of my concise mail, I hear the words of my wise friend - a message isn't concise if the reader can't understand it.