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The Power of the Written Word

Talk is cheap - but so valuable

When do CAD Habits become Bad Habits?

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The Power of the Written Word

Communication is so valuable and written communication is the artifact and record of a good process.  Writing is becoming a lost art for the common person.  Go back 150 years and read the articulate correspondents of common farmers who had become enlisted men in the American Civil War.  They are eloquent and full of great words and phrases.  Here is an example. (From a Southern soldiers perspective - not from my family history - just a good example of writing)

Writing today in a business environment should not be compared to such letters, but still requires a bit of finesse in order to communicate well.

Here are a few tips for good emails and memos.

 

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Talk is cheap - but so valuable

Communication is one area that can always be improved.  Getting the message across to others is what every manager has to do.  Communicating well and consistently is not easy.  You may do a good job of communicating the message out, but you might not do it often enough or to the right people.  Or you may communicate often and to the right people but never seem to connect your words to their understanding.

There are several key things to keep in mind when trying to get your message out.  Talk may be cheap, but the value of a good communication process can not be overstated.

Lets take a look at verbal communication

 

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When do CAD Habits become Bad Habits?

New Users learn the best and worst from others. What are you passing on?

People seem to pick up the bad habits and not the good habits.  Some get the good habits and define the bad ones that they do not want to mimic.  Which ones are you passing on to others - the good or the bad?

What defines a bad habit?  Is is just something that you like doing that others cannot see the productivity in?  Is it the old way of doing things that is not wrong, just "older" than some of the new methods?  Is a bad habit wrong if it gets the job done?  When do bad habits move from just annoying to being productivity killers?

I have learned a few things along the road of CAD and have jettisoned some bad habits as well as picked up good ones.  My bad habits, as defined by you, may differ from my definitions.  Using outdated dialog boxes or avoiding the ribbon - bad habit or dangerous?  Using the command line in place of the a screen menu - bad habit or productivity drain.

I have specific ways of getting my job done in CAD.  I learned them from others, or tutorials or books or screen casts or wherever.   I have settled into doing things a specific way and it may differ from your work patterns.  I think I am being efficient and you may think I am missing the point.  Either way, we both get the job done and the product meets the CAD Standard.  So we are all good - correct?  My way or your way does not matter as long as we produce the output needed.

If it we on a construction site, I could say that using a screwdriver as a chisel is not acceptable.  Using a hammer to drive in a screw might force the screw head to be level with the wood surface, but it might not hold for long.  But who is to say that some CAD Habits are bad and some are good.

Let me take a stab at it...

 

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