Less Is More .. 140 Characters At A Time!

Recently a colleague of mine expressed frustration regarding Twitter’s 140 character limit for tweets. Personally I applaud this rule and hope the folks at Twitter retain that standard!

Why……???? Well, one of the most important skills I have acquired from my Twitter experience is to send a strong message with very few words. Many accomplished business writers will tell you the power of your message can be magnified by its brevity. In my experience I believe that is true.

The world is rapidly changing and the speed of business increasing exponentially every day. People across the world are communicating with one another instantly and frequently. All of us are bombarded with a ton of information continuously. The reality is many people become impatient and frustrated with long-winded messages. More than ever the concept of “less is more” makes sense.

Twitter has created a social network enabling people to significantly expand their reach with quick messaging, all in 140 characters or less. In my humble opinion they hit a home run with that concept!!!

Can you imagine how much more efficient our society would be if our friendly politicians were forced to limit their messaging to 140 characters or less? How about lawyers? We might actually get something accomplished up on Capital Hill!!!! Perhaps we could cut our federal deficit significantly…….. Who Knows?

What are your thoughts regarding the Twitter “140 character” limit? Do you believe it should be expanded. Share your thoughts with us please!