Want to have real influence? Master the art of talking less to say more
In this final posting from the LinkedIn Agency Influencer program Andrew Hardeman asks whether sometimes saying less is actually more when it comes to exerting real influence.
Over the last five months a huge amount of content, opinions and thoughts have been created and shared through the LinkedIn Agency Influencer Program.
Alas, it is in its final hours.
The brief for the program was “find your voice”.
If only most of LinkedIn’s “influencers” could Master the art of talking less to say more!
Many agree that the greatest speech in US history is the 1863 Gettysburg address by President Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln’s speech of 246 words ran for around two minutes.
The previous speaker, Senator Edward Everett, spoke for some two hours. The contents of his address are largely forgotten.
Brevity is good.
An influencer piece extolling the virtues of not writing influencer pieces in order to have more genuine influence?
Priceless.