Comments on: If you care enough to text, then why not write?

By: John Lyle

John Lyle — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:13:21 +0000

Thanks Tim. Happy new year. John

By: Tim Heeley

Tim Heeley — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:22:11 +0000

Hope this reply still counts as writing. Thanks for your view John. For those of us with professional hats on we get so hooked into communicating ‘one to many’ and forget the power of ‘one to one’. Somehow that personal crafting of a handwritten message shows to the reader that we’re prepared to invest time and effort on communicating with them. And it wasn’t just the words that made the communication sweet – for your Aunt it was the simple fact that you’d done it.

The Relationships Foundation http://www.relationshipsfoundation.org/ has done a tremendous amount of work about taking communication seriously in every area of our lives – a useful place to turn for inspiration at the start of this New Year.

Snail mail may be slow, but when it arrives it goes straight to the heart.

Best wishes for 2010.

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Spring Cleaning (early) « Tim Garratt's Blog — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:02:10 +0000

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By: Tim GARRATT

Tim GARRATT — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:57:22 +0000

Actually I am with you too John; I was just irritated by the stupid postal rules! We seem to make life so much more complicated than it need be. I actually like writing (and said so in a blog some time ago -http://timgarrattnottingham.co.uk/2009/10/20/adapt-or-wither/ ). I agree with you that a letter is quite a powerful tool – and one we should use occasionally.
What might come out of this is less stuffers / newsletters – which are now all in real time (twitter et al?) and more concentrated / targeted written work… But our postal service needs to sort itself out before it’s too late!
Happy New Year!!

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By: Andy Hanselman

Andy Hanselman — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:56:58 +0000

A good point well made John – It’s scary how we think alike sometimes!!!I wrote an article called ‘don’t write off the old fashioned ways’ reiterating that point. It’s here if anyone’s interested:
http://www.management-issues.com/2008/2/25/opinion/dont-write-off-those-old-fashioned-ways.asp

Happy New Year!!!