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Usually it's a good thing, yes. Because you are forced to communicate clearly, cut the jargon and not dump your stream of consciousness. Instead you pay attention to whether what you're saying is of any value to another person.



> Because you are forced to communicate clearly, cut the jargon and not dump your stream of consciousness. Instead you pay attention to whether what you're saying is of any value to another person.

Why is that good, though, if you're the only reader?


It helps you see "what is crap" in your own mind. Sometimes you need the mindset that you are speaking in public to confront those things.




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